...: the history of the Banco Popular Dominicano, the economic and financial context and the initiatives to deal with it, and finally a history of inspired management. It is much more than an institutional history. We get some clear views of cohesion and dissent in the hoard, of leadership and failure. Moya Pons...

...Gerard Béhague Both publications will prove useful for historical studies of Brazilian popular culture and ultimately for gaining further insights into Brazilian cultural reality. Música popular: teatro & cinema reveals a wealth of information in an area heretofore almost totally...

...Verónica Valdivia Ortiz de Zárate La revolución inconclusa: La izquierda chilena y el gobierno de la Unidad Popular . By Fermandois Joaquín . Santiago : Centro de Estudios Públicos , 2013 . Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxiii, 851 pp. Paper . Copyright © 2015 by Duke...

... of historicity and with an eye toward preservation. Yet, the simple fact that the photographs were taken and preserved does not necessarily indicate an attempt to establish a historical canon of Afro-Caribbean religions. Similarly, the presence of some parallels between biblical imagery, popular culture icons...

...Mary Kay Vaughan Searching for Madre Matiana: Prophecy and Popular Culture in Modern Mexico . By Wright-Rios Edward . Diálogos . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 2014 . Photographs. Map. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 390 pp. Paper , $34.95...

...Jeffrey D. Needell Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil . By Mccann Bryan . Durham : Duke University Press , 2004 . Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index . ix , 296 pp. Paper , $22.95 . © 2006 by Duke University Press 2006 The history...

...Gerardo Alberto Mora-Brenes The State, Literacy, and Popular Education in Chile, 1964 – 1990 . By Austin Robert . Lanham, MD : Lexington Books , 2003 . Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xlii , 370 pp. Cloth , $105.00 . © 2006 by Duke...

...Steve Ellner Latin America at the Crossroads: Domination, Crisis, Popular Movements, and Political Alternatives . By Regalado Roberto . Melbourne : Ocean Press , 2007 . Notes. Bibliography , 263 pp. Paper . Copyright 2008 by Duke University Press 2008 Over the recent...

...Deborah Kanter From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture . Edited by Mendible Myra . Austin : University of Texas Press , 2007 . Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliographies. Index. xi , 323 pp. Cloth , $65.00 . Paper , $24.95 . From...

...Oscar Chamosa Workers Go Shopping in Argentina: The Rise of Popular Consumer Culture . By Milanesio Natalia . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 2013 . Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xi, 307 pp. Cloth , $55.00 . Copyright 2013 by Duke...

...Kavin Paulraj Brazilian Popular Music and Citizenship . Edited by Avelar Idelber and Dunn Christopher . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2011 . Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. x, 364 pp. Paper , $24.95 . © 2014 by Duke University Press 2014 Idelber Avelar...

...Peter Guardino Patriotism, Politics, and Popular Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Juan Francisco Lucas and the Puebla Sierra . By Thomson Guy P.C. . With Lafrance David C. . Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources , 1999 . Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index . xviii...

...Mary Ann Mahony In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900–1995 . By Striffler Steve . American Encounters/Global Interactions . Durham : Duke University Press , 2002 . Maps. Tables. Bibliography...

... of Ecuador’s experiment in anti-landlord liberalism, replaced by the resolutely Catholic and antiliberal national project of President García Moreno. It studies three interconnected realms of discourse and practice in Ecuador between 1845 and 1868. First, it assesses the midcentury project of popular...

...Don E. Dumond Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southeast Mexico, 1800–1876 . By Rugeley Terry . Austin : University of Texas Press , 2001 . Photographs. Plates. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xxvii, 335 pp. Cloth , $55.00...

...David Sowell From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism is a well-written book that will assume a leading place in the scholarship on medicine in Latin America. Scholars interested in public policy, the growth of the state, and populism will benefit from it as well. The case of Carlos...

...Michael Dodson Copyright 2000 by Duke University Press 2000 Contradiction and Conflict: The Popular Church in Nicaragua . By Sabia Debra . Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press , 1997 . Photographs. Bibliography. Index . x , 239 pp. Cloth , $34.95 . Despite...

... makes an important contribution to debates on popular culture and national identity. Vianna’s engaging prose is well translated here by John Chasteen, who has done the American audience a valuable service in bringing this intriguing volume to wider attention. Vianna illuminates this process largely...

.... Popular Movements and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico: The Agraristas and Cristeros of Michoacán . By Purnell Jennie . Durham : Duke University Press , 1999 . Map. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. x, 271 pp. Cloth , $49.95 . Paper , $17.95 . Copyright 2000 by Duke University...

... fruitful avenues of historical inquiry. Copyright 2002 by Duke University Press 2002 Radio Nation: Communication, Popular Culture, and Nationalism in Mexico, 1920–1950 . By Hayes Joy Elizabeth . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 2000 . Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Figures...