By the 1990s, the mere handful of immigrants sent to Ecuador by the Lebanese diaspora at the turn of the century led the nation as presidents, bankers, and industrialists, which caused a concerned politician to warn of the "Bedouization of Ecuador." This book examines the historical roots of both the Lebanese and the Ecuadoreans, and it offers a systematic treatment of the Lebanese within Ecuador's ongoing twentieth-century history as they gained position and struggled for social acceptance. This history is limited to the successful and dominant Lebanese, whose century of progress is brought to life through accounts of the patriarchal families, the role of women, and of political figures who were quick to adjust old traditions to modern configurations of business and politics.The unprecedented wealth of Ecuador's export economy, which was then based upon the chocolate bean, allured the pioneers who eventually profited greatly from it. The book seeks for those Lebanese traditions that lay behind their success--what caused them to forge ahead of other foreigners, in spite of the prejudice they met as they stepped onto Ecuadorean soil and were thoughtlessly identified as "Turks." They want to be part of Ecuador's history, and they are proud of their contributions, of their past and traditions, and of the legacy that their offspring will carry on.
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Lois J. Roberts is an adjunct professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California and is the author of Ecuador and Cacao.
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Assad Bucaram, New York, United States, Latin America, Sociedad Unión Libanesa, World War, Abdalá Bucaram, Middle East, Mount Lebanon, New World, Alberto Dahik, Osvaldo Hurtado, Pedro Saad, Communist Party, Velasco Ibarra, Banco Central, Emilio Isaias, Henry Raad, Catholic Church, Club Biblos, Jamil Mahauad, Lutfallah Kozhaya, Sociedad Union Libanesa, Greater Lebanon, Leon Febres Cordero New!
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Geography must be considered a prime determinant for Lebanese traditions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
epoca cacaotera, del populismo, cacao exports, functional elite, cloth store Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Assad Bucaram, New York, United States, Latin America, Sociedad Unión Libanesa, World War, Abdalá Bucaram, Middle East, Mount Lebanon, New World, Alberto Dahik, Osvaldo Hurtado, Pedro Saad, Communist Party, Velasco Ibarra, Banco Central, Emilio Isaias, Henry Raad, Catholic Church, Club Biblos, Jamil Mahauad, Lutfallah Kozhaya, Sociedad Union Libanesa, Greater Lebanon, Leon Febres Cordero New!
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- Ecuador: An Andean Enigma (Nations of Contemporary Latin America) by David W. Schodt on 5 pages
- Political Power in Ecuador (Westview Encore Edition) by Osvaldo Hurtado on 5 pages
- The Colonial Heritage of Latin America by Stanley J. Stein on 4 pages
- Elites in Latin America by Seymour Martin Lipset on 4 pages
- The Formation of Modern Lebanon (Middle Eastern Studies) by Meir Zamir on page 23 (1), page 23 (2), and Back Matter
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- The Global Coffee Economy in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, 1500-1989 by William Gervase Clarence-Smith in Back Matter
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