...Fritz L. Hoffman Those Perplexing Argentines . By Bruce James . New York , 1953 . Longmans, Green. Index. Pp. x, 362 . $5.00 . Copyright 1955 by Duke University Press 1955 ...

.... Llerena’s evidence for this conspiratorial hypothesis, of course, is purely conjectural since he was not in Cuba at the time and was not privy to such alleged deliberations. In fact, his relationship to the movement’s leadership (read the Fidelista inner circle) was that of an often perplexed outsider...

... Signo, 2000). The book’s narrow focus is perplexing, however. Law is perceived as the give-and-take of the courtroom, legal opinions of a number of intellectuals, and the passions of immigrants. These, however, showcase the views of those who adhere most dogmatically to positivist principles. Yet...

... 1977 Add Mary Helms’ Middle America to the increasing genre of scholarship dedicated to an uncommonly difficult goal: that of synthesizing several thousand years of complex and perplexing human activity in a culturally diverse and vibrant area. The result is admirable. Dr. Helms divides...

... into it—a travesty and a perplexing problem in cross-cultural comparisons. For a different point of view, one may read, Hawks of the Sun: Mapuche Morality and its Ritual Attributes , by the reviewer. Copyright 1973 by Duke University Press 1973 Por senderos Araucanos . By Campos Menchaca Maríano...

... alphabetical agencies, Colombian and foreign, perplex the reader; and the conclusions seem more optimistic than the facts presented actually warrant. Could this divergence be explained by the tone of the many sources examined and cited? Perhaps bureaucratic promulgations have been given too much weight...

... appreciated the impact of sectionalism in the 1840s. Relying on newspapers and congressional documents to follow the course of debate, Tutorow shows a broad diversity of opinion. He also detects a large measure of ambivalence, as politicians grappled with perplexing matters and tried to calculate...

... for the Perplexed , as well as numerous medical volumes— was unknown and unsung. More than that, only a non-Jewish writer, an outsider whose detachment would enhance his perceptivity, could bring to the subject “a greater degree of objectivity and a wider perspective” (p. vi). I fully appreciate the goal...

... government officials and not from members of the business community. Subsequently ignoring the implications of this perplexing claim, with which the author never comes to grips, Carter then recounts responses to the administration’s actions in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and the Danish West...

... of Toussaint L’Ouverture will perplex scholars. Its weaknesses are evident. Parkinson’s research is far from exhaustive, despite her discovery and use of new materials. Even significant secondary works are missing from her bibliography, and her system of footnoting is confusing. She also has the tendency...

...Joseph T. Criscenti Urquiza y López Jordán . By Duarte María Amalia . Buenos Aires , 1974 . Editorial Platero . Bibliography . Pp. 211 . Paper. Copyright 1978 by Duke University Press 1978 María Amalia Duarte here attempts to solve one of the perplexing issues left...

... territory and time, the authors describe in a series of generalizations, holding judiciously to the middle road, particularly when perplexed by scholarly dispute or indecision. Occasionally, this approach leads them into what one might call giving the Devil too much due, as in “As a result, bureaucrats...

... and Carlos Blanco-Aguinaga, are milestones in Rulfo studies, and they clearly prove that the novel’s apparent chaos, so perplexing to some critics, is in fact a highly ordered disorder, easily perceived after a careful reading of the text. The author of only one novel and one short story collection, both...

... of the Spanish claims in the Indies. Domingo de Soto is mentioned in this connection. Even though his political sagacity and astute diplomacy helped Cortés to win his victory, we know that to the end of his life he was perplexed by the moral problem of how to deal with the Indians, and that in his will he...

... of the perplexing reality of these years. Real’s approach involves him in a detailed analysis of Argentine Communist Party positions taken at critical junctures over the past thirty years. It is here, perhaps, that the book has its greatest value, for the author quotes effectively from Party documents and does...

... the reversionary interest for their own purposes. In this respect, considerable new material is presented on the Escorial affair. But what makes the book perplexing is that it is not quite history and not quite good historical biography. The style is ponderous. The organization lacks continuity. Many...

... important and perplexing of Latin American social upheavals, the Colombian Violencia, has received surprisingly little attention from North American researchers. In this seminal study, political scientist Paul Oquist seeks to explain the causes of the Violencia and the particular forms it assumed. He...

... emerging as a center of commercial agriculture. Kuznesof is to be commended for defining the perplexing patterns which must be explained. ...

... as synonymous enables Brown to include trade statistics from Montevideo and Colonia after 1830 in dealing with the problem of whether or not Argentina had a major trade deficit and is perplexing. In one chapter Brown describes how movement of goods by oxcart dwindled to insignificance because of the increasing...

... was ever a member of the PSP. At a time when any “convinced Marxist-Leninist,” and in addition an activist, was a disciplined member of the PSP—or at least a disillusioned ex-member like several of his close associates—Castro’s failure to join the party is perplexing. The author has dredged up a few...