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...Alejandro Frigerio Rethinking Race in Modern Argentina . Edited by Paulina Alberto and Eduardo Elena . New York : Cambridge University Press , 2016 . Photographs. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xviii, 373 pp. Cloth , $120.00 . Copyright © 2019 by Duke University...

...James L. Hill Property and Dispossession: Natives, Empires, and Land in Early Modern North America . By Allan Greer . Studies in North American Indian History . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2018 . Maps. Figures. Notes. Index. xvii, 450 pp. Cloth , £76.99...

...Christopher Woolley A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America . Edited by John Soluri , Claudia Leal , and José Augusto Pádua . The Environment in History: International Perspectives . New York : Berghahn Books , 2018 . Photographs. Maps. Figures...

... how historians have concentrated their efforts “either on local communities or on national structures, either on law and doctrine or on social practices” (p. 4) and assumed “that early modern communities were fundamentally similar to our own” (p. 4). This book truly is not for the faint of heart...

... and graduate seminars and should be considered required reading for those interested not only in the fields of sexuality, but also of cultural, intellectual, and empire histories. Butterflies Will Burn: Prosecuting Sodomites in Early Modern Spain and Mexico . By Carvajal Federico Garza . Austin...

...Ronn Pineo Disease in the History of Modern Latin America: From Malaria to AIDS . Edited by Armus Diego . Durham : Duke University Press , 2003 . Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Index . vii , 326 pp. Cloth , $64.95 . Paper , $21.95 . Copyright 2005 by Duke University...

... than chronological. The first four chapters deftly cover 450 years of Brazilian history, while the remaining four dwell on the making of a “modern” Brazil, whose various themes have both historical flashbacks and fast-forwards. The country’s modernization and material transformation has been impressive...

...Tamar Herzog Modern Inquisitions: Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World . By Silverblatt Irene . Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, Nations . Durham : Duke University Press , 2004 . Illustrations. Map. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xv , 299 pp...

...Thomas F. O’Brien Yankee Don’t Go Home: Mexican Nationalism, American Business Culture,and the Shaping of Modern Mexico, 1920–1950 . By Moreno Julio . The Luther Hartwell Hodges Series on Business, Society, and the State . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2003...

.... and Wasserman Mark . New York : Pearson Longman , 2005 . xxxi , 496 pp. Paper , $66.00 . Latin America: The Peoples and Their History . By Beezley William H. and Maclachlan Colin . 2nd ed. Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth , 2007 . 278 pp. Paper , $51.95 . Modern Latin...

...Heidi Tinsman Honor, Status, and Law in Modern Latin America . Edited by Caulfield Sueann , Chambers Sarah C. , and Putnam Lara . Durham : Duke University Press , 2005 . Bibliographies. Notes. Index . 331 pp. Cloth , $89.50 . Paper , $24.95 . © 2007 by Duke...

...Peter Guardino The Birth of Modern Mexico, 1780–1824 . Edited by Archer Christon I. . Latin American Silhouettes . Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources , 2003 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . xii , 257 pp. Cloth , $65.00 . Copyright 2004 by Duke University Press 2004...

..., and the strengthening of the state — have generally been characterized as a crucial decade in consolidating the main hallmarks of “Modern Argentina.” 1 Along with unquestionable economic and social growth, as well as the PAN’s unfailing presidential victories, there are other significant reasons why this period...

...Claude A. Pomerleau Everyday Forms of State Formation: Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico . Edited by Joseph Gilbert M. and Nugent Daniel . Durham : Duke University Press , 1994 . Map. Bibliography. Index . xvi , 432 pp. Cloth , $59.95 . Paper...

...Laura Gotkowitz Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements . By Becker Marc . Latin America Otherwise . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2008 . Photographs. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xxv , 303 pp. Paper , $22.95...

...Karen B. Graubart Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia . By Phillips William D. Jr. Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 2014 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 257 pp. Cloth, $65.00 . Copyright © 2014 by Duke University Press...

... is preserved as a source of tradition and national essence but is not integrated into the capitalist internal market or transformed into a “productive citizen” as an active participant in the modernization of the country. For Lund, this paradox is the mestizo state. And at its core is the role of race...

... will spark a renewed and more serious interest in this remarkable type of popular document. Historians, folklorists and literary critics can squeeze out much more. Copyright 1976 by Duke University Press 1976 The Mexican Corrido: as a Source for Interpretive Study of Modern Mexico (1870-1950...

...Asunción Lavrin New Spain: The Birth of Modern Mexico . By Cheetham Nicolas . London , 1974 . Victor Gollancz . Maps. Illustrations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 336 . Cloth . $15.00 . Copyright 1976 by Duke University Press 1976 Written by a former British...

...Gilbert Evans The Boom in Spanish American Literature: A Personal History . By Donoso José . Translated by Kolovakos Gregory . New York , 1977 . Columbia University Press . Notes. Index . Pp. ix , 122 . Cloth. $9.00 . Paper. $4.95 . Modern Latin American Narratives...