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Spanish Imperialism and Catholicism - Pious Imperialism: Spanish Rule and the Cult of Saints in Mexico City. By Cornelius Conover. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2019. Pp. 296. $65.00 cloth.

Religion in Maya Guatemala - Religious Transformation in Maya Guatemala: Cultural Collapse and Christian Pentecostal Revitalization. Edited by John P. Hawkins. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2021. Pp. 413. $65.00 cloth.

Mexico's Independence Struggles - The Journal of James A. Brush: The Expedition and Military Operations of General Don Francisco Xavier Mina in Mexico, 1816–1817. Edited by Karen Racine and Graham Lloyd. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2020, Pp. 265. $85.00 cloth; $85.00 e-book.

Mutiny, Enslavement, and Smuggling - Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate. By Jared Ross Hardesty. New York: New York University Press, 2021. Pp. 280. $25.00 cloth.

Chaco War and Populism - ¡Vamos a avanzar! The Chaco War and Bolivia's Political Transformation, 1899–1952. By Robert Niebuhr. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2021. Pp. 260. $60.00 cloth.

Colonial Church Clothing - Clothing the New World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820. By Maya Stanfield-Mazzi. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021. Pp. 432. 186 illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $50.00 cloth; $37.99 paper; $37.00 e-book.

Slavery, Emancipation, and Capitalist Development - American Mirror: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Emancipation. By Roberto Saba. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. xi, 384. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. List of archival collections consulted. Notes. Index. $35.00 cloth.

Galenic Pharmacy - Compound Remedies: Galenic Pharmacy from the Ancient Mediterranean to New Spain. By Paula S. de Vos. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. Pp xiv, 381. 4 maps. 6 appendices. $50.00 cloth.

Printing and Politics - Ink Under the Fingernails: Printing Politics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico. By Corinna Zeltsman. Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. Pp. 339. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Royalism and Independence in Panama - ¿Constitucionalistas o independentistas? 1821. La independencia de Panamá de España y su época. By Alfredo Castillero Calvo. Panama: Editora Novo Arte S.A., 2021. Pp. 631. Abbreviations. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. $40.00 cloth.

Race and Nation - Speaking of Spain: The Evolution of Race and Nation in the Hispanic World. By Antonio Feros. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. 384. $46.50 cloth.

Argentine Pandemic - Poisoned Eden: Cholera Epidemics, State-Building, and the Problem of Public Health in Tucumán, Argentina, 1865–1908. By Carlos S. Dimas. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. Pp. 321. $99.00 cloth.

Race in the Peruvian Republic - El juego de las apariencias. La alquimia de los mestizajes y las jerarquías sociales en Lima, siglo XIX. By Jesús A. Cosamalón Aguilar. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos; Mexico City: El Colegio de México, 2017. Pp. 430. $19.00 paper.

Pícaros in Bourbon Mexico - Fugitive Freedom: The Improbable Lives of Two Impostors in Late Colonial Mexico. By William B. Taylor. Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. Pp. xiv, 207. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $24.95 cloth; $24.95 e-book.

Energy in Mexico - Fueling Mexico: Energy and Environment, 1850–1950. By Germán Vergara. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. xii, 322. Figures. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $99.99 cloth.

Mexico's Political System - The Mexican Revolution's Wake: The Making of a Political System, 1920–1929. By Sarah Osten. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. 285. $99.99 cloth; $29.99 paper; $24.00 e-book.

Nineteenth-Century Indigenous Politics - We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California. By Martin Rizzo-Martinez. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. Pp. 536. $80.oo cloth; $80.00 e-book.

Graphic History of the Age of Revolution - Witness to the Age of Revolution: The Odyssey of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru. By Charles F. Walker and Liz Clarke. Graphic History Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 192. 91 color illustrations. $24.95 paper.

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