... in a modernizing setting. 6 Hence, their repetitive and somewhat alarmed references to “capricious” and “sexually promiscuous” women who, according to some, “neither respected nor obeyed anyone.” 7 By contrast, as attested by Luz D.’s narrative, female inmates swiftly proceeded to place their mental illness...

...Gordon Kenyon Panorama cultural da amazônia . By Junior Peregrino . Bahia , 1960 . Ministério da Educação e Cultura . Universidade da Bahia . Pp. 58 . Paper. Copyright 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 Anyone who reads this work on the Amazon region will find himself...

... the “measures most needed for economic development,” and gives as the answer most often selected “expansion of the economy,” it serves as a reminder that a tautology does not become any less so for being expressed in statistical form. Anyone concerned with Colombia will find the book informative. Anyone...

... if not the glorification of the present”? Did not Benedetto Croce observe that all (true) history is contemporary history? Did Barros Arana’s documentational overkill and footnote fetishism persuade anyone that he was somehow “objective”? Certainly not his fellow Chilean Francisco Encina, who some time ago dashed off...

... of the examples and cases are drawn from Latin America. There are specific chapters concerned with Chile, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Cuba. The book is well organized and, for anyone with a basic understanding of Marxist terms, quite readable. Petras presents the reader with a consistent analysis...

... alphabetically arranged entries, this encyclopedia should prove very useful to anyone seeking concise information on these countries. Included are general articles on each country, its institutions, politics, business, industries, and significant individuals in a wide variety of endeavors both living...

... . Copyright 1987 by Duke University Press 1987 Anyone following the news must realize that the crisis in Central America has important effects on the political scene in the United States—all the way up to the Oval Office. The lack of knowledge and information about this region makes it difficult...

... was bound by orders from Washington—and Pershing was never insubordinate. As for the inference that Pershing himself may have made the decision to retain the expedition in Mexico, little need be said. Such a decision was far beyond his authority, and could be made only in Washington, as anyone familiar...

...” of the history of the period as well as of the significance of the authors and/or selections included. Each selection, in turn, is preceded by an all-too-short statement by means of which the editors introduce the author or event. Anyone can quarrel with an editor concerning the selections he has chosen...

... In Crisis and Continuity, Teofilo Ruiz reviews aspects of the social and economic history of northern Castile from approximately 1250 to 1400. While intended primarily for specialists, this volume may be enjoyed by anyone familiar with the basic outline of medieval Spanish history. After providing...

... University Press 1976 Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World , might just as easily have been titled, “everything anyone would ever want to know about the Basques but never thought to ask.” The research for the book was vast, the details are voluminous. I can imagine no one else in the forseeable...

... consistently as a rogue willing to do anything to turn a profit. Most of the other mountain men, whose comings and goings Weber chronicles more meticulously than anyone has ever done, appear, from the Mexican point of view, to be little more than spoilers bent on plunder and law-breaking whenever possible...

... of hostiles in the raiding party, and a description of everything that was lost. Anyone recovering property from the Indians likewise was to make a report. When the owner came to reclaim his possessions, he was to pay a fee, the amount depending on what was stolen, the distance it was removed, and the length...

... written an outstanding book which is essential reading for anyone interested in the imperial enterprise of the Spanish Hapsburgs. A vigorous agricultural sector in Castile was the basis of the empire, and the kingdom’s rural decadence in the late sixteenth century was an important component...

... New Man, i.e., Che’s “constantly unfinished product,” she concludes that “the name of the game was dialectics; its only unbreakable rules were Marx’s favorite maxim, ‘Doubt everything,’ and ‘Keep the faith’” (p. 190). I do not see how anyone can keep the faith while doubting everything. This one...

... printed in the front pages. The pattern was perfectly plain to anyone who read the Times” [p. 179]. But some pieces of the puzzle are known to her, for instance, “the ‘Castro cell’ in the U. S. Embassy,” [p. 22]. And it is no secret that “there were too many officials in the State Department who had...

... of the faintly ridiculous that are a part of anyone’s foreign policy. He quotes, for example, some of the far-fetched rationales that visiting heads of state offer to their hosts as explanation for their country’s sudden interest in them. My favorite is Mrs. Gandhi’s attempt to find a plausible and ancient...

.... His survey of the literature, combined with his analysis of those areas where important research remains to be done, should be required reading for anyone attempting anything on this era, from an undergraduate term paper to a general book-length survey. The only critique I would make of his...

... Catholic laymen and clergy, and in their own perceptive analysis of Brazilian society. Anyone interested enough to read this review will already know that the Catholic Church in Latin America is undergoing profound changes. And most are likely to know a good deal about the movements of the Catholic...