The Redemptive Work: Railway and Nation in Ecuador, 1895-1930 (Latin American Silhouettes)
Well-researched, richly documented, and easy to read. (CHOICE)Professor Clark considers both the political and cultural aspects of this phase of Ecuadorian history, resulting in a text that will be useful for both undergraduate and graduate students of Latin American studies and nation and state formation. (British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain)This is an important addition to scholarly work on the liberal period in Ecuador. Clark has opened new doors into the impact of the Guayaquil-Quito Railway on the political economy of Ecuador. Her research of economic records, court reports, political tracts, municipal documents, and a plethora of other primary material as well as secondary sources is meticulous. . . This book is essential for the Ecuadorinist and should prove of general interest to scholars of the liberal era and railroad development in Latin America. (H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online)There is no other monograph in English which presents such a compact, balanced, and comprehensive view of Ecuador's Liberal era. (Journal of Latin American Studies)