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Hispanic American Historical Review (2012) 92 (1): 73–106.
Published: 01 February 2012
... in a variety of landscapes such as river valleys, roadways, and forests, the latter of which received special attention. The twin goals of rationalizing resource use and reconfiguring rural people’s relationship with the land, we argue, was a defining characteristic of Cardenismo and its attempt to harness...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2016) 96 (3): 481–515.
Published: 01 August 2016
... of the defining characteristics of early colonial experience: epidemic disease and ongoing idolatries. Copyright © 2016 by Duke University Press 2016 And what if the recently converted Indians should revert to the vomit? The neophytes should certainly be punished if they revert to the vomit, commands...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2013) 93 (3): 411–449.
Published: 01 August 2013
...Edward Telles; René Flores Abstract In this study we use statistical analysis of nationally representative surveys from the 2010 AmericasBarometer to examine how color, nationality, and several individual characteristics are related to white identification in 17 Latin American countries. Unlike...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2014) 94 (3): 455–486.
Published: 01 August 2014
... characteristic that could improve future generations of workers. With this I highlight an unexplored aspect in the historical and local significance of the biological and its relationship to the way social problems of that time were understood. By historicizing both the social and the biological, I propose...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1991) 71 (4): 875.
Published: 01 November 1991
... in the Americas, his discussion gives a superb view of Venezuela’s conflicting racial sentiments and behaviors. Part of the great difficulty of this subject, of course, comes from our differing perspectives. As Wright points out, most Venezuelans fail to see race as a one-dimensional individual characteristic...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1967) 47 (4): 588–589.
Published: 01 November 1967
... characteristics and asked to underscore those which they considered descriptive of the Mexican, both nationally and regionally. Most of the characteristics were presented as “forced choices”: for example, dark-brunette-blonde, happy-sad, worker-idler. The author is less explicit than she might be with respect...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1971) 51 (2): 399–400.
Published: 01 May 1971
... change. In fact, his first chapter, “A Bureaucracy in a Transitional Society,” offers a set of major characteristics of transitional bureaucracies, utilizing some of Fred Riggs’ and Anthony Downs’ generalizations as a basis. Throughout the remainder of the book he tests these modal characteristics...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1978) 58 (3): 494–495.
Published: 01 August 1978
.... Appendix. Bibliography . Pp. xi , 118 . Paper. $10.00 . Copyright 1978 by Duke University Press 1978 The avowed purpose of David Potter’s monograph is “to define the Maya architectural style of central Yucatán and to demonstrate its internal coherence and its characteristic differences from...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1986) 66 (2): 384–385.
Published: 01 May 1986
..., heredades were less likely to be sold off than divided up to provide for multiple heirs, thus decreasing their average size and preventing the disappearance of landowning families that was often characteristic of regions with larger estates. Davies also suggests that the regional landowning class became...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1984) 64 (4): 655–673.
Published: 01 November 1984
... between 1967 and 1978. The last of those volumes contains the general conclusions of our study, which we present, in essence, below. They are intended to give an overview of the most important characteristics of long-term Uruguayan rural history. All the bibliographical and statistical data have been...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1969) 49 (1): 185–187.
Published: 01 February 1969
... for the identity of Brazil through its history—a balance sheet, so to speak, of his nation’s characteristics—and to a positing of “national aspirations” which have formed a theme in Brazil’s past. The book has been an influential work in Brazil, because it reflected the concerns of many Brazilians, and its...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1971) 51 (3): 535–537.
Published: 01 August 1971
... characteristics are not innate and that Iberia has not been eternally Spanish. Throughout the work of these scholars one finds, to a greater or lesser degree, confusion between race and ethnicity and between culture and social structure as factors in historical explanation. Indeed, the very word raza connotes...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1968) 48 (2): 293–295.
Published: 01 May 1968
...). In all fairness, I think the Portuguese probably made at least one positive contribution to colonial Brazil. The second part, dealing with the economy, is the most lengthy and also the strongest. The large estate, the one-crop system, and slavery are the basic characteristics of the economy. After...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95 (2): 374–376.
Published: 01 May 2015
... the economic side of urban informality but also values its political aspect. One might question the relevance of using “the Latin American city” as a category of analysis. As each city presents distinct characteristics, there is no way to integrate all Latin American cities by means of an ideal category...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1962) 42 (3): 426–428.
Published: 01 August 1962
... that the culture of poverty has some universal characteristics which transcend regional, rural-urban, and even national differences.” Lewis’ elaboration of the argument is convincing, and his call for more descriptive literature on this international subculture should be taken seriously, by anthropologists...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1946) 26 (4): 572–573.
Published: 01 November 1946
... the documents now in the National Archive for inclusion in the series of publications of the institution. It is edited in the same careful fashion so characteristic of the work of Captain Llaverias. Since there are many other documents relating to Maceo in the Academy of History, which will be published shortly...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1946) 26 (4): 573–574.
Published: 01 November 1946
..., Direccion de Cultura, Grandes periodistas cubanos, 5.] (Habana: P. Fernandezy Cia., 1945. Pp. 254. Paper.) Two favorable characteristics of the journalist of any period are his versatility and his broad background of information. Marti, who is thought of chiefly as a revolutionary and a literary man...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1964) 44 (4): 647–648.
Published: 01 November 1964
... University Press 1964 There are no significant changes in this second edition of a work originally published in 1954. However, this fact will disappoint only those who have already read the book, because it is a fascinating study of the origins and characteristics of the ancient Indians of Venezuela...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1986) 66 (2): 393–394.
Published: 01 May 1986
...Richard L. Clinton The only unevenness in the hook derives unavoidably from the irregularity and delays of some countries in taking and processing their censuses. In spite of this occasional annoyance, however, the book is a truly indispensable reference tool with the unique characteristic...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1964) 44 (4): 657–658.
Published: 01 November 1964
... This work presents a listing alphabetically by country of origin of 4,806 names and biographical data of foreigners who lived in Puerto Rico in the 19th century, a sample of unknown representativeness and therefore limited in the generalizations which may be made from its characteristics. All references...
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