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History of Political Parties in Twentieth-Century Latin America. By Torcuato S. Di Tella. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2004. Pp. x, 228. Notes. Bibliography. Index. No price.
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Politics/Governance
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Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe. Edited by Katherine Hite and Paola Cesarini. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. pp. x, 350. Tables. Notes. References. Index. $60.00 cloth; $30.00 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 694-696
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Drowning in Laws: Labor Law and Brazilian Political Culture. By John D. French. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. pp. xviii, 233. Illustrations. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $59.95 cloth; $24.95 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 696-697
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Mary, Mother and Warrior: The Virgin in Spain and the Americas. By Linda B. Hall. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004. Pp. 382. Illustrations. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 501-502
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Mexico‘s New Politics: The PAN and Democratic Change. By David A. Shirk. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. Pp. xiii, 279. Tables. Figures. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. $53.00 cloth; $22.00 paper.
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Fujimori’s Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America. By Charles D. Kenney. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. Pp. xvi, 380. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $30.00 paper.
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Religion/Religious Practices
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Monsignor Romero: A Bishop for the Third Millennium. Edited by Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. pp. vii, 128. Notes. Bibliography. $22.50 cloth. - The Violence of Love (reprint). By Oscar Romero. Translated and compiled by James R. Brockman, S.J. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004. pp. xvii, 214. Notes. $15.00 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 697-699
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El cristianismo en el espejo indígena. Religiosidad en el occidente de Sierra Gorda, siglo XVIII. By Gerardo Lara Cisneros. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2002. Pp. 257. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography.
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Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America. Edited by Alfred P. Montero and David J. Samuels. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. Pp. ix, 309. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $47.50 cloth; $27.50 paper.
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Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism. Edited by Timothy Matovina and Gary Riebe-Estrella. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2002. Pp. ix, 189. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $50.00 cloth; $19.95 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 504-505
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Rural Social History
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Historia de la vida cotidiana en México: tomo III: El siglo XVIII: entre tradición y cambio. Edited by Pilar Gonzalbo Aizpuru. México: El Colegio de México, 2005. Pp. 592. Illustrations. Notes. References. Index.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 699-700
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Slavery/Diaspora Studies
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Modernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution. By Sibylle Fischer. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004. pp. xvii, 364. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Notes. Index. $89.95 cloth; $24.95 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 700-702
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Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and His Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World. By Trevor Burnard. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 320. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $39.95 cloth; $19.95 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 505-507
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Latin American Law: A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America. By M. C. Mirow. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004, Pp.xiii, 343. Illustrations. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 146-147
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Laboring Women: Reproduction and Gender in New World Slavery. By Jennifer L. Morgan. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. pp. xi, 279. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $55.00 cloth; $19.95 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 702-703
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Urban Social History
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Pobres, marginados y peligrosos. Edited by Jorge A. Trujillo and Juan Quintar. Mexico: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2003. Pp. 258. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliographies.
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Documentary Film Reviews
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The Passion of María Elena. Directed by Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, 2003. 76 min. Color VHS. $440 sale; $125 rental.
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Urban Social History
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Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico City, 1865-Present. By Jürgen Buchenau. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. Pp. xi, 267. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Works Cited. Index. $49.95 cloth; $27.95 paper.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 508-509
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Politics and Urban Growth in Santiago, Chile, 1891-1941. By Richard J. Walter. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005. pp. xvii, 319. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth.
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 703-705
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Remember the Alamo. Directed, produced and written by Joseph Tovares, 2004. Distributed by PBS-TV (“The American Experience” Series). 60 min. Color DVD. $19.99
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- 11 December 2015, pp. 148-149
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