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... years of attempts to eradicate it—continue. The book mixes ethnohistory, a contemporary community study, and an ethnography of ritual practices. Alan Sandstrom describes the thick ritual and religious life of the village—which includes an elaborate purification ritual involving the burning of paper...

...Paul G. Buchanan Argentine Workers: Peronism and Contemporary Class Consciousness . By Ranis Peter . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1992 . Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xi , 313 pp. Cloth , $49.95 . Copyright 1996 by Duke University Press 1996...

... developmentalism by promoting the sacred pageant as a way to foster tourism and class harmony. This article explores such reciprocities between church and state and argues that economic considerations have been central to the link between religion and politics in contemporary Brazil. Indeed, the crucial church...

...Martin Weinstein Revolution in the Balance: Law and Society in Contemporary Cuba . By Evenson Debra . Boulder : Westview Press , 1994 . Notes. Index . xi , 235 pp. Cloth , $65.00 . Paper , $21.95 . Copyright 1996 by Duke University Press 1996 The controversies...

...John Charles Chasteen Rumba: Dance and Social Change in Contemporary Cuba . By Daniel Yvonne . Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1995 . Map. Graphs. Tables. Figures. Photographs. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . viii , 196 pp. Cloth , $29.95 . Paper , $12.95...

... original work, Argentine Workers: Peronism and Contemporary class Consciousness , published in 1992 by the University of Pitts-burgh Press, Ranis adds a new chapter describing the changes affecting Argentine labor under the sweeping market-reform agenda of President Carlos Menem (1989-present). The rest...

...David Lorey U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Edited by Martínez Oscar J. . Wilmington : Scholarly Resources , 1996 . Notes. Bibliography . xix , 264 pp. Cloth , S40.00 . Paper , $16.95 . Copyright 1997 by Duke University Press 1997...

... not deal as exclusively with “contemporary Cuba” as its subtitle suggests. Most of the interviews ended rather abruptly almost a decade ago. The range of the reminiscences themselves, moreover, are uneven. The better part of Benedí’s ruminations, for example, do not go much beyond 1961 and much...

...Thomas E. Skidmore Economic Development of Latin America: Historical Background and Contemporary Problems . By Furtado Celso . Translated by Macedo Suzette . 2d ed. New York , 1977 . Cambridge University Press . Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xviii , 317 . Paper...

...D.J.G. Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times . By Knaster Meri . Boston , 1977 . G. K. Hall & Co . Indices . Pp. liii , 696 . Cloth. $38.00 . Copyright 1977 by Duke University Press 1977 Meri Knaster’s annotated...

... excellent line drawings of each mission, is a fitting contribution to New Mexico’s official American Revolution Bicentennial publications. Copyright 1976 by Duke University Press 1976 The Missions of New Mexico, 1776, A Description by Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, With Other Contemporary...

...Peter F. Kláren Power and Society in Contemporary Peru . By Boukricaud Francois . Translated by Stevenson Paul . New York , 1970 . Praeger Publishers . Maps. Index . Pp. 356 . $11.00 . Copyright 1971 by Duke University Press 1971 In recent years, no doubt...

...Richard N. Adams Contemporary Change in Traditional Communities of Mexico and Peru . By Erasmus Charles J. , Miller Solomon , and Faron Louis C. . Foreword by Steward Julian H. . Urbana , 1978 . University of Illinois Press . Maps. Tables. Diagram. Graphs...

...Jane Jaquette Four Women Living the Revolution: An Oral History of Contemporary Cuba . By Lewis Oscar , Lewis Ruth M. , and Rigdon Susan M. . Chicago , 1977 . University of Illinois Press . Map. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography . Pp. xxxviii , 443 . Cloth. $15.00...

...Shirley Harkess Neighbors, Living the Revolution: An Oral History of Contemporary Cuba . By Lewis Oscab , Lewis Ruth M. , and Rigdon Susan M. . Urbana , 1978 . University of Illinois Press . Map. Appendixes. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography . Pp. xxxvii , 581 . Cloth. $15.00...

... ethnography and in general life history literature. As she conducted her interviews, she found Yaqui women “to possess quite a strong sense of self, individuality, history and change” (p. 8). Copyright 1979 by Duke University Press 1979 Yaqui Women: Contemporary Life Histories . By Kelley...

...Robert Butler Contemporary Venezuela and Its Role in International Affairs . Edited by Bond Robert D. . New York , 1977 . New York University Press . Tables. Notes. Index . Pp. x , 267 . Paper . Copyright 1979 by Duke University Press 1979 While published by New York...

...Wendell Bell Contemporary International Relations of the Caribbean . Edited by Ince Basil A. . St. Augustine, Trinidad-Tobago , 1979 . Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies . Tables. Graphs. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes . Pp. iv , 359 . Copyright...

...Peter E. Winn Uruguay: A Contemporary Survey . By Álisky Marvin . New York , 1969 . Frederick A. Praeger . Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Index . Pp. vii , 174 . $6.50 . Copyright 1970 by Duke University Press 1970 There is a definite need for a good comprehensive...