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Handelsman, Michael. Culture and Customs of Ecuador. Greenwood, 2000. A compact overview of Ecuador's varied culture.

Hanratty, Dennis M., ed. Ecuador: A Country Study. Library of Congress, 1991. Discussion of the country's political, social, and economic systems and institutions.

Lourie, Peter. Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon: A Chronicle of the Incan Treasure. Atheneum, 1991. An account of the author's journey through the mountains of Ecuador in search of Inca treasure.

Pearson, David L., and Les Beletsky. Ecuador and Its Galapagos Islands. Academic, 2000. Two biologists provide an illustrated guide to the ecological wonders of Ecuador.

Peck, Robert M. Headhunters and Hummingbirds: An Expedition into Ecuador. Walker, 1987. Description of an expedition into the interior Ecuador's mountains.

Pineo, Ronn F. Social and Economic Reform in Ecuador: Life and Work in Guayaquil. University Press of Florida, 1996. A brief and engaging history of the city of Guayaquil and its transition from town to metropolis.

Rudel, Thomas K. Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Columbia University Press, 1993. Case study of a problem of major global significance.

Van Aken, Mark J. King of the Night: Juan José Flores and Ecuador, 1824-1864. University of California Press, 1989. Political biography of Ecuador's first president and his influence in shaping the Ecuadorian nation.

For younger readers

Beirne, Barbara. Children of the Ecuadorean Highlands. Carolrhoda, 1996. For readers in grades 3 to 6.

Foley, Erin. Ecuador. Marshall Cavendish, 1995. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Morrison, Marion. Ecuador. Children's Press, 2000. For readers in grades 4 to 7.

Parker, Edward. Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1998. For readers in grades 3 to 6.

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Inca Civilization

Andrien, Kenneth J., and Rolena Adorno, eds. Transatlantic Encounters: Europeans and Andeans in the Sixteenth Century. University of California Press, 1991. Synthesizes knowledge about the contact period in the Andean region.

Bingham, Hiram. Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and Its Builders. Duell, Reprint, Greenwood, 1948. 1981. An explorer's firsthand account of discovering a major Inca settlement.

Cobo, Bernabé. Trans. and ed. Roland Hamilton. Inca Religion and Customs. University of Texas Press, 1990. Cobo's eyewitness account of Inca religious practices.

Kirkpatrick, Sidney. Lords of Sipan: A Tale of Pre-Inca Tombs, Archaeology, and Crime. Morrow, 1992. Excavation of the pre-Inca treasures at the lost tombs of the Lords of Sipan, and the struggle to protect these treasures from looters and smugglers.

Moseley, Michael Edward. The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. Thames & Hudson, 1992.

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