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...-1939 . By Hoffman Abraham . Foreword by Nava Julian . Tucson , 1974 . The University of Arizona Press . Maps. Illustrations. Appendices. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xv , 207 . Cloth $9.75 ; Paper $4.75 . The Uses of the Media by the Chicano Movement: A Study in Minority...

... is the voice of the East Indian minority. Recognizing that ethnic loyalty is one of the main determinants of Trinidadian electoral behavior, Yogendra Malik, a native of India, has undertaken “to determine to what degree the East Indians have been successful in their political organization.” Copyright 1973...

..., took out Buenos Aires citizenship, were active on the Buenos Aires politcial scene, married Buenos Aires creole women, and even had children who later entered Spanish religious orders. 47 Portuguese settlers may have been entirely loyal to their minority ingroup, but they were, at the same time...

...Nara Milanich Children of the Father King: Youth, Authority, and Legal Minority in Colonial Lima . By Premo Bianca . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2005 . Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xiii , 350 pp. Cloth...

...Gilbert G. González The Chicanos: Life and Struggles of the Mexican Minority in the United States . By López y Rivas Gilberto . Translated and edited by Martínez Elizabeth . New York , 1973 . Monthly Review Press . Tables. Appendix. Bibliography . Pp. 187 . Cloth...

...Richard N. Adams Minorities in the New World. Six Case Studies . By Wagley Charles and Harris Marvin . New York , 1958 . Columbia University Press . Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvi , 320 . Cloth. $6.00 . Copyright 1959 by Duke University Press 1959 ...

...Judith Laikin Elkin Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggle for Ethnicity in Brazil . By Lesser Jeffrey . Latin American Studies/Race & Ethnicity . Durham : Duke University Press , 1999 . Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Bibliography. Index...

..., they often overlook a fundamental aspect of this migration: approximately one-third of those who arrived to Argentina by 1909 were under the age of 22. They were, therefore, legal minors. Evidence from 300 suits filed in Buenos Aires civil tribunals indicates that these young people faced significant...

...Elizabeth Anne Kuznesof Minor Omissions: Children in Latin American History and Society . Edited by Hecht Tobias . Living in Latin America . Madison : University of Wisconsin Press , 2002 . Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Figure. Notes. Glossary. Bibliographies. 277 pp. Cloth...

...Michael J. Gonzales Minorities in Phoenix: A Profile of Mexican American, Chinese American, and African American Communities, 1860–1992 . By Luckingham Bradford . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1994 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Index . xiv , 258 pp. Cloth . $35.00...

...James J. Parsons Keith and Costa Rica. A Biographical Study of Minor Cooper Keith . By Stewart Watt . Albuquerque , 1964 . The University of New Mexico Press . Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 210 . $5.00 . Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965...

... the exchanges. Much attention has been paid to the fierce rivalry between the merchant guilds of both sides of the Atlantic (those of Cádiz, Mexico City, and Lima), and their efforts to exert control over the trade, suggesting that transoceanic networks had a minor impact. In contrast, this article stresses...

... vassals of all social backgrounds constantly suggested new laws to the ruling Council of the Indies. Pressed for time, the council's overwhelmed ministers often transplanted petitions' vocabulary verbatim into decrees. This meant that subjects often phrased imperial laws minor and major, regional...

... facilitated minority representation. Without the dictatorship of Reyes, the peace treaties of Neerlandia and Wisconsin would have been dead letters for a long time, and another war would have liquidated the country.” 26 Navarro, in turn, confidently asserted that the incomplete vote was “the best law...

... . Copyright 1995 by Duke University Press 1995 Some 350,000 Brazilians currently live in the United States, and Maxine Margolis’ fine new ethnography of this “invisible minority” helps fill a gaping hole in our knowledge of Latin American communities here by examining the 100,000 Brazilians who reside...

... findings, the conclusions of two members are presented as a minority report. The panel manages to touch upon all aspects of the Canal problem: political, diplomatic, military, technical, social, and economic. Moreover, there is a clear exposition of the distinct and related nature of the three proposed...

... the end of hostilities”; and, “This minority [Chicano] lacks effective political leadership, something which, historically, it did not fight to maintain or affirm after 1850. The Mexican Californian has been remarkably tractable.” Yes, ethnocentrism does create distortion, and it is endemic and continuous...

... with a major and a minor motif that repeat themselves across the volume. I would describe the major motif as the mechanisms by which a small portion of the population—mainly white male landowners and slaveholders throughout most of Brazil's history—amassed and maintained power, while the minor motif explores...

... chancy, given the fluctuation in world markets. These are minor caveats, however. This monograph is a well-written, well-researched work with many intriguing, provocative questions and conclusions about a tragic and important era in Chile. Latin Americanists in general, as well as Chilean specialists...

... footnotes that illuminate many a minor and not-so-minor point, some readers may find themselves longing for the thoughtful and conceptually illuminating essays interspersed throughout the basic materials. A book of enormous importance, for many decades Magistrates of the Sacred will be a gold mine...