...Eva A. Paus Economic Management and Economic Development in Peru and Colombia . By Thorp Rosemary . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1991 . Maps. Charts. Tables. Figures. Bibliography. Index . xviii , 238 pp. Paper . $19.95 . Copyright 1993 by Duke University...

...Richard K. Murdoch Economic Development Issues: Latin America. Prepared for the Committee for Economic Development . By Alemann Roberto . New York , 1967 . Frederick A. Praeger . Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development . Tables. Notes. Appendices . Pp...

...Werner Baer Although Tancer raises some interesting issues in the area of economic dependency, a more carefully researched and analyzed approach would have substantially enhanced the value of this book. Analytical confusion abounds. For instance, Tancer states that “. . . the size...

...Franklin Tugwell Venezuelan Economic Development: A Politico-Economic Analysis . By Allen Loring . Greenwich, Conn. , 1977 . JAI Press . Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xviii , 310 . Cloth . $23.50 . Copyright 1979 by Duke University Press 1979 Only a handful...

...T. Lynn Smith The Development of Brazil: Report of the Joint Brazil-United States Economic Development Commission . Washington , 1954 . Institute of Inter-American Affairs . Diagrams. Maps. Tables . Pp. xiv , 324 . Economic Impacts of Immigration. The Brazilian Immigration Problem...

... politics. The second Göttingen volume is the one I found most interesting. Particularly worthwhile and new is a chapter by Moritz Kraemer on the intensification of poverty, especially extreme poverty, as a consequence of the new economic policies adopted in the 1980s. It certainly gives reason to doubt...

...William P. Glade Industrial Polarization Under Economic Integration in Latin America . By Garbacz Christopher . Foreword by Krause Walter . Austin , 1971 . Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas . Studies in Latin American Business, 11 . Maps. Tables...

...David Denslow Underdevelopment and Development in Brazil . Vo1. I: Economic Structure and Change, 1822-1947 . Vol. II: Reassessing the Obstacles to Economic Development . By Leff Nathaniel H. . London : George Allen and Unwin , 1982 . Notes. Tables. Appendixes. Indexes . Vol. I...

...Dwight B. Heath Economic Change and Rural Resistance in Southern Bolivia, 1889-1930 . By Langer Eric D. . Stanford : Stanford University Press , 1989 . Introduction. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 269 , ix . Cloth . $42.50 . Copyright 1990 by Duke University...

...M. Patricia Fernández Kelly The Maquiladora Industry: Economic Solution or Problem? . Edited by Fatemi Khosrow . New York : Praeger Publishers , 1990 . Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xi , 262 pp. Cloth . $47.95 . Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991...

...Franklin W. Knight Cuban Rural Society in the Nineteenth Century: The Social and Economic History of Monoculture in Matanzas . By Bergad Laird W. . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1990 . Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . xxi , 425 pp. Cloth...

...Lester D. Langley U. S. Policy Toward Economic Nationalism in Latin America, 1917–1929 . By Krenn Michael L. . Wilmington : Scholarly Resources , 1990 . Bibliography. Index . xxi , 169 pp. Cloth . $35.00 . United States Policy in Latin America: A Quarter Century of Crisis...

...Mary Butler United States Economic Penetration of Venezuela and its Effects on Diplomacy: 1895—1906 . By Carreras Charles . New York : Garland , 1987 . Map. Notes. Chart. Bibliography . Pp. 252 . Cloth . $44.00 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 Carreras...

...Stanford University External Constraints on Economic Policy in Brazil, 1889-1930 . By Fritsch Winston . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1988 . Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvi , 265 . Cloth . $49.95 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University...

... the wages of the laboring classes did not rise, the real income of that section of the population which entered the labor market fell. And, with regard to a wide range of commodities, the purchasing power of silver coin fell. Much of the economic growth of this period, expressed in fiscal receipts, trade...

..., yet again, in Héctor Lindo’s 1980 review of the Oaxacan tithe data compiled by Rodolfo Pastor and his colleagues. Ouweneel and Bijleveld cite Lindo and refer as well to Joseph Goy’s 1982 methodological essay on European tithe data. They might as well have cited any good introductory economics...

... as a proxy for population is more debatable. In standard economic literature, population growth affects inflation only insofar as it affects the rate of unemployment. 1 By itself, the tributarios series does not say anything about unemployment. Is it fair to refer only to standard economic literature...

...Stephen Haber Guiding the Invisible Hand: Economic Liberalism and the State in Latin American History . Edited by Love Joseph L. and Jacobsen Nils . New York : Praeger Publishers , 1988 . Notes. Tables. Bibliography. Index . Pp. x , 222 . Cloth . $38.95 . Copyright 1989...

...Arij Ouweneel; Catrien C. J. H. Bijleveld Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 During the period of evaluation preceding the publication of our article, one of the anonymous readers advised us to change the title. It was too modest. Why not change it, he asked, to “Economic Cycles...

...O. Nigel Bolland Household Ecology: Economic Change and Domestic Life Among the Kekchi Maya in Belize . By Wilk Richard R. . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1991 . Graphs. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxii , 280 pp. Cloth . $55.00 . Copyright 1992...