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Article: Gabriel García Moreno and Conservative State Formation in the Andes
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- The Americas
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- July 1, 2009
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Gabriel GarcÃa Moreno and Conservative State Formation in the Andes. By Peter V. N. Henderson. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. Pp. xv, 310. Map. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $ 70.00 cloth.
This book discusses Gabriel GarcÃa Moreno as a person, as a political operator, and as a state builder. While focusing on the career of Garcia Moreno, from the time he studied at the university in Quito until his assassination in August 1875, tins book also provides a political history of Ecuador from the 1840s.
The Ecuadorian conservative comes across as an extremely unpleasant man. The author describes him as "honest, austere, and hardworking," but also "mercurial, ...