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Hispanic American Historical Review (1997) 77 (1): 108–109.
Published: 01 February 1997
... the expedition. This intensive investigation of the Páez Hurtado expedition’s composition and financial matters accomplishes the author’s purpose and reveals new information about the names of the colonists and their families. It establishes credible observations of possible fraud by Páez Hurtado, although...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2010) 90 (1): 184–185.
Published: 01 February 2010
...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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1997) 77 (2): 318–319.
Published: 01 May 1997
...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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1991) 71 (3): 632–633.
Published: 01 August 1991
...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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review 11676606.
Published: 30 December 2024
...Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara Abstract In 1711, the Virgin Mary reportedly appeared to a Maya couple in the small town of Santa Marta, before wondrously transforming into a miraculous image that began to draw pilgrims from across highland Chiapas. Presuming fraud, church officials confiscated the image...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1996) 76 (2): 363–364.
Published: 01 May 1996
... For many years, most people who studied post-World War II Mexican politics 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1962) 42 (1): 99–100.
Published: 01 February 1962
... 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2002) 82 (2): 395–396.
Published: 01 May 2002
... of rhetoric about fraud); a third chapter deals with actual election results and how they were achieved; and a fourth chapter shows how subalterns (she considers mainly urban artisans and community Indians) used this democratic discourse for their own ends. The heart of her study the period between 1880...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1987) 67 (1): 154–155.
Published: 01 February 1987
... 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1970) 50 (4): 731–740.
Published: 01 November 1970
... 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 debts in money worth less...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1997) 77 (2): 245–279.
Published: 01 May 1997
... Liberal leaders,” expressed the view that “a suffocating centralization is the basis on which the whole machinery of government runs. 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1995) 75 (2): 290–291.
Published: 01 May 1995
... 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1984) 64 (4): 707–735.
Published: 01 November 1984
... 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2024) 104 (2): 313–314.
Published: 01 May 2024
... of fraud committed at the Potosí mint and a final one considering mercury and its role in mining productivity across the period of independence (1800–58). Masaki Sato reveals the social and political networks that made the fraud so difficult to root out, while Kris Lane links that local and regional story...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2006) 86 (2): 394–395.
Published: 01 May 2006
... 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2006) 86 (3): 626–627.
Published: 01 August 2006
... 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2008) 88 (2): 329–330.
Published: 01 May 2008
... 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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2013) 93 (1): 136–138.
Published: 01 February 2013
... (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...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2018) 98 (2): 295–297.
Published: 01 May 2018
... of this volume remind us, what was considered corruption was quite different in early modern times than today. In fact, these essays are essentially nine case studies that reveal the complexity of the term and its multiple dimensions, dealing with forgery in Peru (Jeremy Mumford), fraud and debasement of coinage...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2019) 99 (3): 565–566.
Published: 01 August 2019
... 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...
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