| Begging as a Path to Progress: Indigenous Women and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador''s Urban Spaces Subjects: Indians of South America -- Urban residence -- Ecuador -- Quito; Indian women -- Ecuador -- Quito -- Economic conditions; Indian women -- Ecuador -- Quito -- Social conditions; Indian children -- Ecuador -- Quito -- Economic conditions; Rural-urban migrat; In 1992, Calhuasí, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador's large cities, Calhuasí experienced rapid social-spatial change, which Kate Swanson richly describes in Begging as a Path to Progress . KATE SWANSON is an associate professor of geography at San Diego State University. She has published her work in a variety of journals including: Annals of the Association of American Geographers ; Antipode ; Gender, Place & Culture ; Environmental Management ; and Urban Geography . Currently, she is a coeditor of Emotion, Space and Society . |