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...Neill Macaulay 18 In Vietnam in the 1960s, counterinsurgency specialists theorized that government forces needed a ten-to-one numerical advantage in order to prevail over guerrillas. W. G. Leftwich, “An Afternoon with Bernard Fall,” Marine Corps Gazette , 53 (Feb. 1969), p. 27. 17...

...A. P. Nasatir Fray Alonso de Benavides’ Revised Memorial of 1634, with Numerous Supplementary Documents Elaborately Annotated . By Hodge Frederick Webb , Hammond George P. , and Rey Agapito . [ University of New Mexico, Coronado Cuarto Centennial Publications, 1540–1940...

... of eighteenth-century empires. Nonetheless, numerous facets of the essay run counter to the findings of many historians who have laboriously reconstructed the Bourbon tax system in Spanish America. A reading of the historical literature produced over the last two decades suggests that while political...

... more about the Nahua worldview, this article uses methods derived from philology, cognitive linguistics, and anthropology to reconstruct the meaning that nezahualiztli had for the precontact Nahua. I review numerous mentions of this ritual in the sources and discuss three examples involving...

... exporting bases, those of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. However, the weight of politics and the legal border never ceased to make their presence felt and, indeed, were intensely manifested in the sphere of exchange. This particular branch of commerce was subject not only to numerous...

... of approximation involved in the numerical methods applied to population estimates. Borah and Cook were aware of this problem. In their Hispaniola estimate, for instance, they assume a margin of approximation for their 1496 figure, and when they project it to 1492, this is sufficient to give them a ratio of over...

... to the author, were peculiarly susceptible to romantic fantasies, and this is a history of one such fantasy— the quest for El Dorado. The book provides a study in the persistence of a legend, an inventory of the accumulating conquest mythology, and a catalog of the numerous attempts to locate the Land of Gold...

... resulted. The Genízaros’ hybrid identity only increased over time with exogamy, which furthered their uncertain status. Numerous activities documented in the witchcraft proceedings reflected the discomfort caused by this hybridity, which surfaced especially in the mingling of native religions...

... it at times, Codex Ñundaa (after the Mixtec name of the community), is remarkable in several ways that Terraciano skillfully explores. It has parallel pictographic, alphabetic, and numerical content and is in fact one of the longest and earliest alphabetic Nahuatl texts from Mexico, even though...

...Robert West Doubtless many ways could be devised for using Mayan numerals arithmetically. But there is still no way of knowing precisely how the ancient Maya made their calculations. The author of the small book herein reviewed presents still another method of applying Mayan numerals...

... by employing five censuses and then studies the parish records of Yanque. These approaches enable him to construct rather complete population curves. The data are clearly presented in numerous tables and in the narrative. The text also contains Cook’s observations on the value of the various documents...

... Stone-Miller’s experience with the art and technical production of textiles, certainly among the region’s most significant and distinctive treasures, lends special insight and a particularly understandable descriptive content to each chapter. The art of the vast Andean area, with its numerous...

... study, much additional work would be necessary to identify the numerous persons, places, and events briefly mentioned in the letters. Unfortunately the editor, to whom many of these names may be well known, did not undertake identification beyond a few brief comments in the index. A map of northeastern...

... (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1967) onward, he produced a series of works on Mexican history that included another incisive political chronicle, Huerta: A Political Portrait (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1972), edited works, and numerous articles on phases of La Revolución , historiography, United States...

... . Copyright 1993 by Duke University Press 1993 Spain is regarded as the Counter-Reformation country par excellence, yet the reforms there have not received the attention they deserve. Numerous recent studies have examined the Spanish Inquisition and its persecution of religious minorities; but this book...

...Donald E. Becker The author successfully covered his topic and, moreover, made the above suggestions as fuel to fire additional research and interest in this field. He has utilized numerous manuscript collections in England, Spain, and elsewhere to give his readers a carefully documented account...

...-called Venezuelan claims controversy of 1902-1903 has interested students and scholars alike, who have recounted the episode in numerous publications. 1 Less attention, however, has been directed toward the events following 1903 when Venezuela’s behavior failed to improve, and another diplomatic...