Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Colonies to Young Republics: Independence to the 1850s -- 2. Establishing an Unsettling Relationship: The 1850s to the 1890s -- 3. The Railroad Age: The 1890s to the 1920s -- 4. Economic Collapse and War: The 1920s to the 1940s -- 5. The Cold War in Ecuador: The 1940s to the 1960s -- 6. Tuna, Oil, and Trouble: The 1960s to the 1980s -- 7. Democratization and Neoliberalism: The 1980s to the Present -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.