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... obligations associated with godparenthood, females demonstrated the ability to parent children, whereas males asserted their readiness to provide for a family. Copyright © 2020 by Duke University Press 2020 94. “Libro segundo de bautismos,” Arecibo, 1735–49, APSFA, fol. 165r; “Libro primero de...

... to the Revolution, and has found that Félix Díaz was all symbol, shadow without substance, and no threat. Díaz had no military talent, little charisma, and less daring. Only his family name gave him standing with those who opposed the Revolution; only his exaggerated ambition covered his shallow abilities...

... damage, death, and hardships; fewer still, perhaps, have demonstrated the ability of an extreme ideology to manifest itself as a political movement. The literature that attempts to explain the origins and trajectory of the Shining Path is enormous, yet ultimately incomplete in many ways. For example...

... and effectiveness are explained as by-products of “his strong self control, his ability for maneuver, his capacity as an organizer, his ability to arouse strong feelings of loyalty in others … his willingness to work hard, his oratorical ability, his willingness to make difficult decisions” (p. 654). His life-long...

... during the period crucial to his study, the nineteenth century. Many scholars have linked the rise of powerful central governments to states’ ability to create effective armies and extract resources from civilians to pay for warfare: the “bellicist” school of state formation. Centeno largely agrees...

..., to rationalization. In an essay on U.S. Railway Mission to Mexico, Andrea Spears details rail workers’ resistance to mission reforms that eroded worker autonomy. Examining the Argentine railroads, María Celina Tuozzo describes the importance to wage earners of work rules that limited companies’ ability to control...

... cultivation of important people before and after he relocated to Madrid, and his ability to secure influence at court. Hernández González balances José's impressive achievements as visitor-general of New Spain, minister of the Indies (1776–87), and governor of the Council of the Indies with insights into his...

.... 19 For discussions of the importance of the ability to tax in the British case see Patrick K. O’Brien, “Fiscal Exceptionalism: Great Britain and Its European Rivals, from Civil War to Triumph at Trafalgar and Waterloo,” in London School of Economics Economic History Working Paper no. 65/01 (2001...

... if a reviewer in the HAHR were to make a claim that the historian stands out in a volume including contributions by an anthropologist, a geographer, an archeologist, a political scientist, and a sociologist. After all, those sciences either enjoy specificity of concepts or the ability to gather fresh...

... with the ability to approach history with a more rational, objective and dispassionate view” may profit, but only modestly, from some of the author’s insights into the apparently complex, contradictory and peripatetic nature of Orlando Letelier. Edmundo del Solar, uncle of the late Allendista cabinet member...

... doubly rewarded for the time that he spends on it. It is first-rate reading because of its literary quality, and it is solidly informative because the author knows what he is writing about. He is gifted with the ability to compress his knowledge into an amazing small space, and then utilize that space...

... of universities). According to Schwartzman, the criteria that differentiate between the “pioneers” and the “founders” of Brazilian science were the consistency of their contribution to the advancement of knowledge and ability to train students, which in turn guaranteed continuity through time of a research...

... attributes the “current successful economic growth record” of Brazil to “political stability, sound economic management, the ability of the economic policy-makers to diagnose accurately problems in the context of a market-oriented development strategy, and finally, their ability to react promptly...

... The Worker , a fact which is obvious from a number of the essays. A few have actually appeared in The Worker or its predecessor, The Daily Worker . The weakest parts of the book are those in which the author has allowed political banality to get the better of his humanistic instincts and his ability...

... be incorporated into meaningful critical essays. The authors are well versed in the latest literary theories concerning the novel. They exhibit a fine literary sensibility and have the uncanny ability to focus their attention on the essential characteristics of each author’s work and personality. In their general...

... with the local community and with the larger Brazilian polity. British Enterprise in Brazil is at its best as an entrepreneurial history. Eakin’s argument is fundamentally Schumpeterian, revolving around the ability of a single entrepreneur, George Chalmers, to revive a failing company and make...

... ability to manage change. While the country has not yet developed an institutionalized means to respond to the persistent demands emanating from the emergent new groups in the polity, the author carefully notes that “Hondurans retain the ability to talk to one another. Political opponents are able...

..., psychologist, and theology. It does seem apparent that the author possesses considerable talent and ability, however it is rather unfortunate that these talents and abilities are not applied in a constructive manner. Although the book is singularly lacking in any definite criticism of Castroism and also...

... in the world, threatens to nullify the gains. The national population for 1966 had soared beyond 43 million. In a hostile and barren land, of which only a fraction can be irrigated and made arable, the ability of the Mexican to increase agricultural production is limited. In summary, neo-Malthusians may yet...

... a biographer. Other authors cannot help but envy Professor Dulles’ ability to persuade the University of Texas Press to include so many illustrations—a feature unhappily rare in these days of rapidly rising production costs. Reading this account one marvels at Brazil’s ability to survive for so long a near...