...Cynthia Radding Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacácori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’odham . By Sheridan Thomas E. . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 2006 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xi , 304 pp. Paper , $19.95...

...Oakah L. Jones The Juan Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695: Fraud in Recruiting Colonists for New Mexico . By Colligan John B. . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 1995 . Plates. Maps. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xiv , 159 pp. Cloth . $24.95 . Copyright...

...Kathryn Burns Comercio y fraude en el Perú colonial: las estrategias mercantiles de un banquero . By Suárez Margarita . Lima : Instituto de Estudios Peruanos/Banco Central de Reserva , 1995 . Graphs. Tables. Appendixes. Bibliography. 137 pp. Paper . Copyright 1997 by Duke...

...Stuart B. Schwartz O name e o sangue. Uma fraude genealógica no Pernambuco colonial . By De Mello Evaldo Cabral . São Paulo : Companhia das Letras , 1989 . Appendix. Sources. Index . 365 pp. Paper. Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991 This book discusses...

... tended to accept the government line that Mexico was democratic, or at least in transition to democracy. Charges of electoral fraud by opposition parties were dismissed as sour grapes. The infatuation with the accomplishments and sheer power of the Mexican government and its political party, the Partido...

... in fundamentals, only in more or less embarrassing incidentals. The British viewpoint is apparent less in matters of emphasis than in variations of sensitivity. Note the manner in which Humphreys defines “fraud” and “cession.” A recent non-partisan study concluded tentatively that the treaty of 1859 “involved...

... by military strongmen, and riddled with fraud. In all, this is an interesting study that will serve many a scholar, but does not provide the last word on nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century politics. This is a very good start, but I hope that others will take up Irurozqui’s challenge and delve deeper...

... reign. A final pair of chapters describes difficulties in obtaining ship fittings, masts, timbers, and artillery. The author finds that Charles II’s ministers had some successes in reducing frauds and in creating a system for supplying timber and masts. Aside from the use of green wood in lightly...

... see the remarks in Chaunu, Séville , I, 97-110; and in Sánehez-Bella, Organización , 204-250. Besides tax evasion, the revenue side of the ledger involved frauds having to do with the collection of one type of money while crediting the accounts with another of lesser value, the collection of old...

.... As a consequence of this condition and the frauds constantly practiced, it is very difficult or rather impossible to have fair electoral laws enacted.” 5 Once in power, after 1930, the Liberals passed new electoral legislation and reintroduced universal male suffrage while claiming that theirs was the party...

... significant congressional, gubernatorial, and local elections in 1989 and 1990 supplies extensive examples of the PRI’s tactics, including its command of immense economic and media resources and the multiple and sometimes ingenious mechanisms of fraud, as well as more repressive devices. There is also...

... to casting ballots. The predominance of fraud and fraudulent practices allowed the caudillo to produce large majorities for his party with relative ease. It was thought that electoral reform would remedy these ills and perhaps undermine the position of local bosses. The ultimate result, however, seems...

... dimensions, dealing with forgery in Peru (Jeremy Mumford), fraud and debasement of coinage at Potosí (Kris Lane), patron-client abuses of authority in Mexico Tenochtitlan (William Connell), malfeasance by oidores in Santo Domingo (Marc Eagle), bribery and judicial abuses in New Spain (Christoph Rosenmüller...

... 2019 Remigio Márquez was an independence war veteran, pardo senator, and customs official in Mompox, Gran Colombia, who prosecuted several politically connected merchants for contraband trading and fraud. Muriel Laurent's intensely researched microhistory covers two years of public conflict...

... political machines. They similarly conclude, perhaps more surprisingly, that except for a few specific elections, the allegations of fraud in the casting and counting of ballots have been much exaggerated. They do compile references by contemporary observers to almost all imaginable kinds of electoral...

... Heroles’s electoral reform (1977); the boom of protests against fraud and the gradual acknowledgement of opposition victories in local elections (1980s); Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas heading the Corriente Democrática’s split from the PRI, and its eventual consolidation with a myriad of left-wing groups...

... (and whodunit) that unravels the mystery, follows the clues, evaluates the false documents, explains the national fascination with the bones, dismisses the red herring, identifies the perpetrators of the obvious fraud, and places it within efforts to reframe national identity. He demonstrates in the process his...

... of the book are the chapters on the electoral system. Alda Mejías shows a sophisticated understanding of nineteenth-century voting and offers a very good discussion of the various laws and the ideas behind it, exploding many myths about liberals and conservatives. She shows how fraud and accusations of fraud...

... “tourist” investment from the U.S. into unproductive rubber plantations on Mexico’s Pacific coast. In spite of consular reports in 1902 and 1905 denouncing fraud, coerced labor, and undeclared losses on U.S.-owned plantations, the scandal was quickly whitewashed by the American colony, aided by wealthy...

... shipping are not the originals, but transcriptions ( traslados ). These data have serious omissions, which García Fuentes does not minimize. There are the unrecorded ships’ arrivals at Cádiz and Seville, fraud and smuggling through customs, smuggling at sea, and—perhaps the most critical omission—smuggling...