... of Catholic activism. Although the 1926–1929 Cristero Rebellion in Mexico was acutely local, the broad interpretations of secularization and freedom of religion that fueled the conflict attracted intervention from several foreign actors. Robert Curley's provocative analysis of transnational figures...

...Tyler Ralston A Baixada Fluminense e a ditadura militar: Movimentos sociais, repressão e poder local . Edited by Sales Jean and Fortes Alexandre . Curitiba, Brazil : Editora Prismas , 2016 . Figures. Tables. Notes. Bibliographies. 303 pp. Paper , R$58.00 . Copyright © 2018...

...Elisa Cárdenas Ayala Integrados y marginados en el México posrevolucionario: Los juegos de poder local y sus nexos con la política nacional . Edited by García Nicolás Cárdenas and Manzo Enrique Guerra . Mexico City : Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Xochimilco / Miguel...

...Ron Seckinger O Mandonismo Local na Vida Política Brasileira e Outros Ensaios . By Pereira de Queiroz Maria Isaura . São Paulo , 1976 . Editora Alfa-Omega . Notes. Bibliography . Pp. 230 . Paper. Copyright 1978 by Duke University Press 1978 The title essay...

... there in the late sixteenth century were similar to those that had occurred in central Mexico in the period preceding the Council of Trent. The volume’s title suggests a significant role of the Catholic Reformation, but the subtitle is more accurate, for the book does indeed explore local religion, though in a more...

...Eul-Soo Pang Telarolli, in spite of the methodological quirks, offers first-rate reading material for those interested in the dynamics of the regional and local politics of the First Brazilian Republic. The book is well-documented with a broad sweep of newspapers, court records, and archival...

...Werner Baer Dependent Development: The Alliance of Multinational, State, and Local Capital in Brazil . By Evans Peter . Princeton , 1979 . Princeton University Press . Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xviii , 362 . Cloth. $20.00 . Paper. $5.95 . Copyright...

...Patricia Juarez-Dappe La paz del trigo: Cultura legal y sociedad local en el desarrollo agropecuario pampeano, 1890 – 1945 . By Palacio Juan Manuel . Buenos Aires : Edhasa , 2004 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography . 296 pp. Paper . © 2006 by Duke University Press 2006...

...Matthew O’Hara Local Religion in Colonial Mexico . Edited by Nesvig Martin Austin . Diálogos . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 2006 . Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Index . xxvii , 289 pp. Paper , $24.95 . Copyright 2008 by Duke University...

...Brian P. Owensby The Art of Being In-Between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca . By Yannakakis Yanna . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2008 . Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxi , 292 pp. Cloth , $79.95 . Paper , $22.95...

... communities. What exactly that role was is undocumented in Spanish-language archival materials. By examining recent literature on the Iberian qadi , or judge of the Islamic community under Christian rule, this study argues that the cacique, like the qadi, maintained his or her local authority and jurisdiction...

...Deborah Kanter The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico’s Toluca Valley, 1650-1800 . By Pizzigoni Caterina . Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press , 2012 . Maps. Figures. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 324 pp. Cloth , $65.00 . Copyright 2013...

...Flor De María Salazar Mendoza The book, probably written for specialists on the subject, contributes to understanding the different shapes that political culture adopted in some localities and regions in Mexico during the transition from colonial to republican government. The authors manage...

...Tichmond G. Brown Elites, poder local y régimen colonial: El cabildo y los regidores de Santiago de Guatemala, 1700–1787 . By Pérez José Manuel Santos . South Woodstock, Vt. : Plumsock Mesoamerican Studies ; Cádiz : Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Cádiz ; Miami : Centro...

...Justyna Olko; Agnieszka Brylak Abstract On February 12, 1543, in the city of Tlaxcala an indigenous governor, don Valeriano Castañeda, issued an order putting local alguaciles in charge of overseeing possible idolatrous or sinful acts in several localities. This document, housed in the Archivo...

...Ariel Svarch Jewish Experiences across the Americas: Local Histories through Global Lenses . Edited by Katalin Franciska Rac and Lenny A. Ureña Valerio . Gainesville : University of Florida Press , 2022 . Photographs. Map. Figures. Table. Notes. Bibliographies. Index. xii, 345 pp...

.... But the first were so closely associated with illegal commerce that it can be said that the crown financed its local administrative structure from the resources that the Buenos Aires Atlantic commerce, illegal as well as legal, afforded it. As to the second expedient, a group of merchants who advanced the crown...

...Lance R. Grahn El régimen de la encomienda en Barquisimeto colonial, 1530-1810 . By Rojas Reinaldo . Caracas : Academia Nacional de la Historia , 1992 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . 279 pp. Paper . Tierra, gobierno local, y actividad misionera en la comunidad...

...C. A. Hutchinson The Southeast in Early Maps with annotated check list of printed and manuscript regional and local maps of Southeastern North America during the Colonial Period . By Cumming William P. . Princeton, New Jersey , 1958 . Princeton University Press . Footnotes...