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...Fredrick B. Pike Latin-American Catholicism. A Self-Evaluation. A Study of the Chimbote Report . By Coleman William J. . Maryknoll, New York , n.d. , Maryknoll Publications . World Horizon Reports, 23 . Notes. Index . Pp. v , 105 . Paper . $1.00 . Copyright 1959 by Duke...

...Clarence Senior Brazil’s New Agrarian Reform. An Evaluation of its Property Classification and Tax Systems . By Ludwig Armin K. and Taylor Harry W. . New York , 1969 . Frederick A. Praeger . Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development . Tables. Figures...

...Charles W. Spellman Recommended Readings on Florida. A Standard Guide to the Best Books on Florida with Helpful and Critical Evaluations . By Hanna A. J. . ( Winter Park, Florida : Union Catalog of Floridiana , 1945 . Pp. 64 . $1.25 .) Copyright 1947 by Duke University Press...

...Alan Durston Abstract Scholars of indigenous societies in colonial Latin America have long noted the contrast between the abundance of indigenous-language records from Mesoamerica and their extreme scarcity in the Andes. This article evaluates the degree to which written Quechua was used...

... exchanges evaluated male honor primarily by the observance of spoken agreements and promises, whereas merchants involved in long-distance trade emphasized careful accounting and the fulfillment of written obligations. In a vast country with severely limited educational opportunities for the great majority...

... In this book Archibald R. M. Ritter (Carleton University) describes the development strategies and evaluates the economic performance of Cuba in 1959-1972. He distinguishes three development strategies, dealing respectively with: 1) growth (policy, allocation, priorities); 2) institutional arrangements...

...-length biography of Díaz and additional cultural studies (especially of the rituals of Porfirian rule) of his government. Díaz remains an enigmatic ruler. Garner set out to evaluate this leader with two primary goals: to incorporate the historiography of the last half century and to evaluate...

... explain the appearance of the different interpretations in their respective historical moments. In other words, in his evaluation of the diverse images he establishes a sort of dialogue with the circumstances and trends of thought which prevailed or were controversial at each time. Thus, belonging...

... the postrevolutionary atmosphere of Mexico City fostered an intense interest in national culture. The diverse positions put forth at the congress, to and by its organizing and evaluation committees, represented distinct understandings of modernism as a broad, multifaceted aesthetic movement that originated in turn...

...George M. Addy The essay concludes with a brief but suggestive evaluation of Irving’s influence on Chilean historians such as Amunátegui, Barros Arana, and Vicuña Mackenna. Understandably, the evaluation of Prescott is more elaborate. Prescott’s life and unique methods of work are discussed...

.... It is, nonetheless, a major source which has been made more significant and vital by Sáenz’ work. Sáenz illuminates the value of a highly subjective account which can, however, preserve the emotional impact of living history. Through his careful, penetrating evaluation of the original manuscripts of the True...

... The Grenada Revolution lasted only four and a half years but it has become an important landmark in the history of Caribbean peoples’ struggle for independence. Although a definitive, objective evaluation of the process still remains to be written, Tony Thorndike’s work goes a long way toward this end...

... the Purhépechas; to evaluate the career of Don Vasco de Quiroga, first bishop of Michoacán, for the purpose of resolving the contradictions surrounding him; and to evaluate the lasting value of the missionary efforts of Quiroga and the Catholic religious orders in Michoacán. The book begins with two chapters...

... the revolution. Actually his point of view is separable into two sub-themes, one interpretive and one evaluative. The interpretive theme is that one cannot possibly understand or appreciate the Cuban revolution without understanding and appreciating Fidel Castro. Almost no one who knows the revolution even...

... writings of Celso Furtado, Roberto Campos, or Raúl Prebisch, to mention just a few noted Latin American economists who were overlooked? With regard to Prebisch, Nisbet has chosen to present his views as synthesized and evaluated by Werner Baer, in an article dating from 1962 which shows its age. Extended...

... staff are the outside evaluators. Although we relied heavily on the Board of Editors and the Advisory Editors for these evaluations, we called upon many other specialists as well. Almost 200 evaluators responded affirmatively to our requests of assistance. Without compensation, without being able to add...

... books do not provide any information to evaluate the actual impact of the debates on education itself. This also extends to radicalism in the schools—we are led through the maze of politics related to rationalist and socialist educational tendencies, but there is no real description of their content...

... should be considered as a work of history, both attempt evaluations of sources traditionally used by historians and viewed by them as historical evidence. As neither Beatríz Pastor Bodmer nor the editors and virtually all the contributors to Early Images of the Americas were trained as historians...