Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. Preface xi
4. Contents xvii
5. Maps xx
6. 1. Perspectives of Cultural Contrasts 1
7. 2. The Social Matrix of the Andean Past 24
8. 3. Prelude to Chaos: The Implications of Independence 47
9. 4. The Nineteenth-Century Quest far Stability and Progress 81
10. 5. Rivalry, Diplomacy, War, and Reconstruction in the Nineteenth Century 118
11. 6. The Apogee of Liberalism and the Rise of U.S. Influence, 1900–1920 143
12. 7. Andean Political Establishments and Transition, the1920s 174
13. 8. Aspiring Elites and Transition 206
14. 9. Experiments with Reformism: The Depression and Wartime Years 236
15. 10. Revolution in Bolivia, Muddling Through in Peru and Ecuador, 1945–1960 269
16. 11. The Alliance for Progress and Andean Transitions,1961–1968 303
17. 12. A New Era Emerges,1968–1976 339
18. 13. Epilogue: On Life and Culture in Postmodern Times 376
19. Abbreviations 382
20. Notes 383
21. Index 479
22. Backmatter 495