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- The Panama Hat Trail
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- 2017
- Published by: University of Arizona Press
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Critically acclaimed author Tom Miller reveals the making and marketing of one Panama hat, from the straw fields of Ecuador’s coastal lowland to a hat shop in Southern California. Along the way, the hat becomes a literary device allowing Miller to give us his impressions from the tributaries of the Amazon to the mountainsides of the Andes. The Panama Hat Trail is at once a study in global economics and a lively travelogue.
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the 2017 Edition
- pp. xi-1
- Introduction
- pp. 5-8
- Part One
- 1. An Opening into Heaven
- pp. 11-17
- 2. Cuenca by Night
- pp. 18-22
- 3. With the Exporters
- pp. 23-30
- 4. The Bus Plunge Highway
- pp. 31-36
- 5. The City of Monkeys
- pp. 37-42
- 6. Toquilla Sunrise
- pp. 43-53
- 7. Revolution and Seafood
- pp. 54-61
- 8. Montecristi Fino
- pp. 62-66
- 9. The Visiting Judge
- pp. 67-70
- 12. Alfaro Lives
- pp. 81-86
- Part Two
- 13. To Market
- pp. 89-93
- 15. Henry Miller’s Nephew
- pp. 97-100
- 16. Biblián Weavers
- pp. 101-104
- 17. Incas and Indians
- pp. 105-110
- 18. “All We Have Is Ourselves and Our Straw”
- pp. 111-116
- 19. Italian Specialty Cooks
- pp. 117-120
- 20. Romancing the Hat
- pp. 121-124
- 21. Travails
- pp. 125-129
- 22. Cuy for Two
- pp. 130-133
- 23. The 10,000 Hats of Adriano González
- pp. 134-139
- 24. The Last Jews in Cuenca
- pp. 140-146
- 25. Assembly Line
- pp. 147-150
- Part Three
- 26. Dead Drunk
- pp. 153-158
- 27. Cruising with Olga
- pp. 159-165
- 28. Sour Lake Oil
- pp. 166-174
- 29. To Colombia
- pp. 175-180
- 30. Up the Aguarico
- pp. 181-186
- 31. Madeline in Quito
- pp. 187-190
- 32. Crossing the Line
- pp. 191-194
- Part Four
- 33. Production Line
- pp. 197-203
- 34. Lasting Friendship
- pp. 204-208
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 209-210
- Bibliography
- pp. 211-214
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816537471
Related ISBN(s)
9780816535873
MARC Record
OCLC
995242864
Pages
235
Launched on MUSE
2017-08-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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