Nation Building & Nationalism
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Dénle duro que no siente: Poder y transgresión en el Perú republicano. By Carlos Aguirre. Lima, Peru: AFINED, 2008. Pp. 318. Notes. Bibliography. $29.40 paper.
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Under the Flags of Freedom: Slave Soldiers and the Wars of Independence in Spanish South America. By Peter Blanchard. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. Pp. ix, 242. Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $60.00 cloth; $26.95 paper.
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- 17 February 2015, pp. 278-279
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Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games. By Kevin B. Witherspoon. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008. Pp. xi, 212. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $35.00 cloth.
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Cultural & Literary Studies
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Argentina: Stories for a Nation. By Amy K. Kaminsk. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008. Pp. xvii, 282. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $22.50 paper.
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Utopian Dreams, Apocalyptic Nightmares: Globalization in Recent Mexican and Chicano Narrative. By Miguel López Lozano. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2008. Pp. ix, 294. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $43.95 paper.
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- 17 February 2015, pp. 282-283
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Imagining la Chica Moderna: Women, Nation, and Visual Culture in Mexico, 1917–1936. By Joanne Hershfield. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Pp. xiv, 200. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $79.95 cloth; $22.95 paper.
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Rethinking Jewish-Latin Americans. Edited by Jeffrey Lesser and Raanan Rein. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Pp. x, 294. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Index. $27.95 paper.
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- 17 February 2015, pp. 284-286
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The Quality of Home Runs: The Passion, Politics, and Language of Cuban Baseball. By Thomas F. Carter. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi, 239. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $22.95 paper.
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Intelectuales y poder. Ensayos en torno a la república de las letras en el Perú e Hispanoamérica (ss. XVI-XX). Edited by Carlos Aguirre and Carmen McEvoy. Lima, Peru: Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos: Instituto Riva-Agüero, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2008. Pp. 530. Notes. References. $75.00 paper.
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- 17 February 2015, pp. 287-289
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Yucatán Through Her Eyes: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, Writer and Expeditionary Photographer. By Lawrence Gustave Desmond and Claire L. Lyons. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009. Pp. xxvii, 287. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. References. Index. $45.00 cloth.
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Politics & Governance
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Argentina's Radical Party and Popular Mobilization, 1916–1930. By Joel Horowitz. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. Pp. x, 240. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth.
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The Illusion of Civil Society: Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income Mexico. By Jon Shefner. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. Pp. xiv, 224. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $55.00 cloth.
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Cuba: Religion, Social Capital, and Development. By Adrian H. Hearn. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Pp. vii, 220. Illustrations. Notes. References. Index. $22.95 paper.
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The Dictator's Shadow: Life under Augusto Pinochet. By Heraldo Muñoz. New York: Basic Books, 2008. Pp. xiii, 345. Photographs. Sources. Index. $27.50 cloth.
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Rural Social History
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A Social History of Mexico's Railroads: Peons, Prisoners, and Pr. By Teresa Van Hoy. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008. Pp. xxvi, 237. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $80.00 cloth; $34.95 paper.
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Bárbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment. By David J. Weber. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Pp. xviii, 466. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cloth $35.00. Paper $20.00.
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Political Economy & Globalization
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Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug. By Paul Gootenberg. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Pp. xvii, 442. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $ 24.95 paper.
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The Cuban Connection: Drug Trafficking, Smuggling, and Gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution. By Eduardo Sáenz Rovner. Translated by Russ Davidson. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Pp. xii, 247. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $35.00 cloth.
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U.S. & International Relations
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U.S. Relations with Latin America During the Clinton Tears: Opportunities Lost or Opportunities Squandered?. By David Scott Palmer. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006. Pp. xiv, 125. Map. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $24.95 paper.
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Film Reviews
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Chagas: A Hidden Affliction. Directed by Ricardo Preve. New York: The Cinema Guild, 2005. 85 minutes. DVD. VHS. $295.00 purchase; $95.00 rental.
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