...Keith L. Bryant Liss, who held the rank of Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Akron, specialized in Latin American political and social thought and inter-American relations. He was best known for his work in the field of radical and Marxist movements. He served as a coeditor...

...Sheldon B. Liss In his overview of the contemporary scene, Ronald Chilcote notes that some scholars believe that liberation theology has weakened Marxist class analysis, the dependency perspective, and revolutionary change by assimilating these tendencies. He points out that in the future...

...Sheldon B. Liss Marxism in Latin America from 1909 to the Present: An Anthology . Edited by Löwy Michael . Translated by Pearlman Michael . Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press , 1992 . Index. Notes , xix , 296 pp. Cloth . $49.95 . Copyright 1993 by Duke...

...Peggy Liss * The reviewer is author of Mexico Under Spain: Society and the Origins of Nationality. Copyright 1977 by Duke University Press 1977 The dual principle appears here in double dose, for this essay is not only a historiography of two beliefs but also two books in one...

...Peggy K. Liss Cuatro historiadores de Indias, siglo XVI . By O’Gorman Edmundo . México , 1972 . SepSetentas . Appendices. Index . Pp. 251 . Paper. Copyright 1976 by Duke University Press 1976 Here we have some vintage and some recent O’Gorman. These essays represent...

...Sheldon B. Liss Restless River: International Law and the Behavior of the Rio Grande . By Mueller Jerry E. . El Paso , 1975 . Texas Western Press . Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Appendix. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xii , 155 . Cloth . $8.00 . Paper. $5.00 . Copyright 1976...

...Sheldon B. Liss The Democratic Left in Exile: The Antidictatorial Struggle in the Caribbean, 1945-1959 . By Ameringer Charles D. . Coral Gables, Florida , 1974 . University of Miami Press . Maps. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 352 . Cloth. $19.95 . Copyright 1975 by Duke University...

...Peggy K. Liss If avidly seeking an immaculate quality in the typing of a graduate student’s manuscript, his prime concern was always with quality of content. Only excellence would do; he gave the impression anything else was intolerable. That attitude, which placed a heavy burden on students...

...Sheldon B. Liss Like other policy analyses sponsored by the Hoover Institution and the American Enterprise Institute, this one proceeds from fear and misperceptions of socialism. For example, Gaspar refers to the Peruvian government established in 1968 as socialist (p. 82), rather than state...

...Peggy K. Liss Las ideas y las instituciones políticas mexicanas: Primera parte, 1521-1820 . By Miranda José . Introduction by Lira Andrés . 2d ed. México , 1978 . UNAM . Notes . Pp. xx , 369 . Paper. Copyright 1980 by Duke University Press 1980 This study, which...

...Peggy K. Liss The introduction mentions that it is dangerous to overemphasize common history but that does not mean that because the approach is comparative, there is a need to artificially separate Mexican and U.S. history. There should have been some mention of their experiencing in common...

...Sheldon B. Liss Hodges analyzes superbly two sandinismos , one popular and folkloric, the other intellectual and systematic. He says that if you understand that the latter current does not contradict the former, you cannot give credence to the Contras’ claim that the Sandinistas “sold out...

...Sheldon B. Liss These books illustrate that “Yanqui Politics and the Isthmian Canal” have continuously meant “The United States in Panamanian Politics.” But it must be remembered that Panama has often placed the United States in the untenable position of being urged to intervene...

...Sheldon B. Liss Latin American Mission. An Adventure in Hemisphere Diplomacy . By Morrison Delesseps S. . Edited and with an introduction by Frank Gerold . New York , 1965 . Simon and Schuster . Index . Pp. 288 . $5.95 . Copyright 1966 by Duke University Press 1966...

...Sheldon B. Liss The “Interests of Civilization”?: Reaction in the United States against the “Seizure” of the Panama Canal Zone, 1903-1904 . By Graham Terence . Lund, Sweden : Esselte Studium , 1983 . Notes. Tables. Bibliography . Pp. 281 . Paper . Copyright 1984 by Duke...

...Sheldon B. Liss México y el arbitraje internacional. El Fondo Piadoso de las Californias. La Isla de la Pasión. El Chamizal . By Robledo Antonio Gómez . México , 1965 . Editorial Porrúa . Map. Appendices . Pp. xii , 407 . Paper. Copyright 1967 by Duke University Press 1967...

...Sheldon B. Liss Aside from the improper placement of footnote number eight on page fifteen, the work is error free, but it would have benefited from more thorough editing and stylistic revisions. In conclusion, one wonders what additional international ramifications of the aftosa crisis...

...Sheldon B. Liss The book is printed beautifully on fine paper, but the binding deteriorates rapidly. An English version would be useful, preferably with the addition of bibliography and index. Research libraries, Mexicanists, and inter-American relations experts will want to add this volume...

...Sheldon B. Liss The Panama Story . By Niemeier Jean Gilbreath . Portland , 1968 . Metropolitan Press . Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xi , 303 . $5.95 . Copyright 1969 by Duke University Press 1969 Journalist Jean Gilbreath Niemeier emulates the late...

...Sheldon B. Liss Mexico Through Russian Eyes, 1806-1940 . By Richardson William Harrison . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1988 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xi , 287 . Cloth . $29.95 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 William Richardson’s...