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"Interviews with leading politicians and political figures including ex-presidents, former generals, and former guerrillas; and with leaders of the Church, indigenous movements, and other key areas of national life. Interviews originally broadcast on television during Rodrigo Borja's 1988-92 presidential term"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Carefully documented study investigates significance of mestizo identity. Author defines it as a process of Hispanic acculturation enriched with a Quichua cultural core that determines its unique final form, rather than as a rejection of indigenous identification (p. 53). Racial and cultural elements are considered separately"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.