The United States and the Andean Republics

Fredrick B. Pike

Published by Harvard University Press 1977

The United States and the Andean Republics

Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador

Fredrick B. Pike

Volume 23 in the series The American Foreign Policy Library

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674418332

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Analyzing the political culture of the Andean republics of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador and of the United States, Fredrick Pike finds in their relationships deep divergencies in values and goals. Andeans, he shows, have traditionally viewed with suspicion the tenets associated with liberal democracy, secularism, and individualistic capitalism. In a detailed study of Andean politics, economics, social classes, and cultural patterns in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Pike determines that revolutionary ideology often merely masked the ambitions of aspiring elites anxious to retain the traditional order but wishing to wrest its advantages from incumbent elites. He shows the appeal of Marxism and of recent external-domination, internal-dependency theories, as well as the basic conservatism of land-reform programs and approaches to the "Indian problem."

Pike also speculates on whether an "iron law of dependency" is involved in Andean relations with the United States. He discusses the role of multinational corporations and the increasing "privatization of dependency." In the emerging postmodern era, Pike suggests, the values of Western-style modernity are even less viable in Andean America and indeed may not be able to survive in the United States.

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

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1977
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 493
Illustrations
- Other: illustrations
Keywords: Andes Region -- Social conditions.; Andes Region -- Economic conditions.; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Andes Region.; Andes Region -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

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Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674418332

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1977
ISBN: 9780674418325