Notes on the Difficulty of Studying the Ecuadorian State

This essay reviews the following works: Health in the Highlands: Indigenous Healing and Scientific Medicine in Guatemala and Ecuador. By David Carey Jr. Oakland: University of California Press, 2023. Pp. viii + 384. 34. 95 paperback, 85. 00 hardcover, 34. 95 e-book. ISBN: 9780520344792. Conjuring the State: Public Health Encounters in Highland Ecuador, 1910–1945. By A. Kim Clark. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023. Pp. 200. 50. 00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780822947820. La última guerra del Siglo de las Luces: Revolución Liberal y republicanismo popular en Ecuador. By Valeria Coronel. Quito: FLACSO Ecuador, 2022. Pp. xiv + 419. 18. 00 paperback, 12. 00 e-book. ISBN: 9789978676202. Global Governance of the Environment, Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature: Extractive Industries in the Ecuadorian Amazon. By Linda Etchart. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. Pp. xxxv + 270. 109. 99 paperback, 109. 99 hardcover, 84. 99 e-book. ISBN: 9783030815219. In the Shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador. By A. J. Faas. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2023. Pp. ix + 246. 34. 95 paperback, 120. 00 hardcover, 34. 95 e-book. ISBN: 9781978831568. A Feast of Flowers: Race, Labor, and Postcolonial Capitalism in Ecuador. By Christopher Krupa. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022. Pp. 328. 39. 95 paperback, 99. 95 hardcover, 39. 95 e-book. ISBN: 9780812225129. Transforming Ethnicity: Youth and Migration in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes. By Jorge Daniel Vásquez. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. Pp. xix + 105. 44. 99 hardcover, 34. 99 e-book. ISBN: 9783031300967. Extractivism and Universality: Inside an Uprising in the Amazon. By Japhy Wilson. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2023. Pp. x +132. 128. 00 hardcover, 42. 36 e-book. ISBN: 9781032386126.