Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-254) and index.
Preface: The present, the past, and patriarchy -- National dilemmas : the specter of liberal individualism in Ecuador -- Making Ecuadorians? Indian child-men and the abolition of tribute -- Garcianismo : patriarchy and paradoxical Indian-state relations -- Liberalism : the marriage of democracy and patriarchy? -- Alternative patriarchy : gender relations among indigenous peasants -- Family matters : gender and social control on haciendas -- Gendered foundations : contradictions in Indian-state relations