...Rebecca Earle Heroes and Hero Cults in Latin America . Edited by Brunk Samuel and Fallaw Ben . Austin : University of Texas Press , 2006 . Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index . viii , 318 pp. Cloth , $55.00 . Paper , $22.95 . Copyright 2009 by Duke...

...John S. Leiby San Martín: Argentine Soldier, American Hero . By Lynch John . New Haven, CT : Yale University Press , 2009 . Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . xiv , 265 pp. Cloth , $35.00 . Copyright 2010 by Duke University Press 2010 At first glance one might...

... protest that have weakened the PRI in the last 20 years. Although The Myth of the Revolution will be of interest to students of twentieth-century Mexico, it is not a significant contribution. The Myth of the Revolution: Hero Cults and the Institutionalization of the Mexican State, 1920-1940...

...Richard Blaine McCornack Copyright 1954 by Duke University Press 1954 General William Jenkins Worth, Monterey’s Forgotten Hero . By Wallace Edward S. . Dallas , 1953 . Southern Methodist University Press . Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Index . Pp. viii , 242 . $5.00...

...Alfred B. Thomas Gutiérrez de Lara, Mexican-Texan: The Story of a Creole Hero . By Jarratt Rie . ( Austin : Creole Texana , 1949 . Pp. xii , 67 . Illustrations .) Copyright 1951 by Duke University Press 1951 ...

... of development. Also the book’s title is questionable, for there is nothing in the description and analysis of the major protagonist, Gairy, to justify the label of “hero.” He is, rather, a demagogue, as Singham seems fully aware: “It is open to question whether Gairy could have developed a different political...

...Charles Griffin Nariño. Hero of Colombian Independence . By Blossom Thomas . Tucson , 1967 . University of Arizona Press . Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xxix , 212 . $8.50 . Copyright 1968 by Duke University Press 1968 Antonio Nariño is principally...

...Samuel Farber Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958 . By Lillian Guerra . New Haven, CT : Yale University Press , 2018 . Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 370 pp. Cloth , $40.00 . Copyright © 2019 by Duke University Press 2019 Lillian...

...Maxine Molyneux Mothers of Heroes and Martyrs: Gender Identity Politics in Nicaragua, 1979–1999 . By De Volo Lorraine Bayard . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press , 2001 . Photographs. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Paper , $24.95 . Copyright 2003 by Duke University...

...Ariel De La Fuente Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos . By Chasteen John Charles . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 1995 . Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index, x, 241 pp. Cloth , $45.00 . Paper , $19.95 . Copyright 1997...

...Osgood Hardy Duarte. Próceres, héroes i mártires de la independencia . By Henríquez y Carvajal F. . [ Ediciones de la Academia Dominicana de la Historia .] ( Ciudad Trujillo : Imprenta “San Francisco” , 1944 . Pp. 243 . Paper.) Copyright 1946 by Duke University Press 1946...

...Simon G. Hanson Batlle, héroe civil . By Muniz Justino Zavala . [ Fondo de Cultura Económica, Colección Tierra Firme, 16 .] ( Mexico : “Gráfica Panamericana,” S. de R. L. , 1945 . Pp. 256 . Photographs. Paper.) Copyright 1946 by Duke University Press 1946 Batlle, heroe civil...

...Stanley R. Boss Javier Mina. Héroe de España y de México . By Guzmán Martín Luis . 2nd edition. Mexico City , 1955 . Compañía General de Ediciones . Pp. 236 . Paper. Copyright 1956 by Duke University Press 1956 ...

...Joseph T. Criscenti Vida de un héroe. Biografía del Brigadier General Juan Esteban Pedernera . By Veláquez Luis Horacio . Buenos Aires , 1958 . Ediciones Peuser . Colección Grandes Biografías . Illustration. Maps. Bibliography . Pp. 524 . Paper. Copyright 1960 by Duke...

...Jane Lucas de Grummond Casa León y su tiempo. (Aventura de un anti-héroe) . Fourth edition. By Briceño-Iragorry Mario . Prologue by Salas Mariano Picon . Caracas, Madrid , 1954 . Bibliography . Pp. 266 . Copyright 1956 by Duke University Press 1956 ...

...Joseph T. Criscenti Hombres en las guerras de las pampas. Héroes, mártires, aventureros, apóstoles, 1536-1886 . By Yunque Alvaro . Buenos Aires , 1969 . Ediciones Silaba . Illustrations . Pp. 156 . Paper. Copyright 1972 by Duke University Press 1972 In this small...

...Alfred Hasbrouck Liberators and Heroes of South America . By Lansing Marion . ( Boston : L. C. Page & Company , 1940 . Pp. xiv , 320 . $2.75 .) Copyright 1941 by Duke University Press 1941 ...

...J. Ortiz Marin The works here cited represent an across-the-board formation of identities vis-à-vis heroes, ideas, sentimental sympathy, and what may be labelled grounded objective scholarship. Firstly, one can dismiss Jay Nelson Tuck’s Spanish rendition of his Héroes de Puerto Rico...