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Volume 60 - April 2004

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The Space In-Between: Essays on Latin American Culture. By Silviano Santiago. Edited by Anna Lúcia Gazzola. Translated by Tom Burns, Ana Lúcia Gazzola, and Gareth Williams. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Pp.188. Notes. Index. $54.95 cloth; $18.95 paper.

The Spirit of Hidalgo: The Mexican Revolution in Coahuila. By Suzanne B. Pasztor. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2002. Pp. xvi, 224. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $49.95 cloth.

Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America. By Ted Galen Carpenter. New York: Palgrave, 2003. Pp. 282. Notes. Index. $24.95 cloth.

State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940. By Robert Whitney. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Pp. xii, 255. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $49.95 cloth; $18.95 paper.

The Archaeologist Was A Spy: Sylvanus G. Morley and the Office of Naval Intelligence. By Charles H. Harris and Louis R. Sadler. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 450. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $32.95 cloth.

Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil. By Caetano Veloso. Translated by Isabel de Sena. New York: Knopf, 2002. Pp. ix, 350. Illustrations. Notes. Glossary. Index. $26.00 cloth.

Canada, the United States, and Cuba: An Evolving Relationship. Edited by Sahadeo Basdeo and Heather N. Nicol. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. Pp. iv, 179. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $49.95 cloth.

The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo León, 1848-1910. By Juan Mora-Torres. Austin: University of Texas, 2001. Pp. 364. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $23.95 paper.

Contemporary Indigenous Movements in Latin America. Edited by Erick D. Langer. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2003. Pp. xxix, 220. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth; $19.94 paper.

The European Revolutions of 1848 and the Americas. Edited by Guy Thomson. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 2002. Pp. viii, 240. Notes. Table. $19.95 paper.

Rock-Eros en Concreto: Genesis e historia del rockmex. By Violeta Torres. Mexico: INAH, 2002. Pp. 347. Illustrations. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Glossary. No price.

Culturas encontradas: Cuba y los Estados Unidos. Edited by Rafael Hernández and John H. Coatsworth. Havana: Centro Juan Marinello & Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. Pp. 278. Notes. $19.95 paper.

Mexican Masculinities. By Robert McKee Irwin. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. Pp. xxxvi, 282. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $54.95 cloth; $19.95 paper.

Mass Migrations to Modern Latin America. Edited by Samuel L. Baily and Eduardo José Míguez. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2003. Pp. xxv, 293. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Select bibliography. $65.00 cloth; $19.95 paper.

In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggles, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995. By Steve Striffler. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 242. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $54.95 cloth; $18.95 paper.

The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia. By Lise A. Waxer. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2002. Pp. xix, 316. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.

Empowering Women: Land and Property Rights in Latin America. By Carmen Diana Deere and Magdalena León. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001. Pp. xxv, 486. Tables. Appendix. Notes. References. Index. $55.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.

Emperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama. By John Lindsay-Poland. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. Pp. x, 265. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $18.95 paper.

Disease in the History of Modern Latin America: From Malaria to AIDS. Edited by Diego Armus. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. Pp. viii, 326. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $64.95 cloth; $21.95 paper.

Land! Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas. By Graham Davis. College Station: Texas A&M Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 304. Illustrations. Notes. References. Index. $29.00 cloth.

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