...Gabriel Jackson The Federal Republic in Spain. Pi y Margall and the Federal Republic Movement, 1868-74 . By Hennessy C. A. M. . New York , 1962 . Oxford University Press . Appendix, Glossary. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvi , 299 . $7.20 . Spain and the Great Powers, 1936...

...Neici M. Zeller State and Society in the Dominican Republic . By Betances Emelio . Boulder : West-view Press , 1995 . Maps. Bibliography. Index . xviii , 162 pp. Cloth , $52.00 . Paper . $17.00 . Peasants and Tobacco in the Dominican Republic, 1870-1930 . By Baud...

... With an extremely favorable balance of payments resulting from a substantial increase of exports and a dramatic improvement in the terms of trade, the Dominican Republic had increased its capacity to import capital goods. 143 Economic expansion during the years of the Korean War, furthermore, helped to increase...

...Darrell E. Levi Actually, Kryzanek and Wiarda present much evidence that demonstrates the undemocratic nature of the Dominican Republic, even during times of so-called “democracy.” They describe U.S. opposition to the democratic “constitutionalist” forces of 1965, the chronic misery and fatalism...

...Joseph L. Arbena The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic . By Ruck Rob . Westport : Meckler Publishing , 1991 . Maps. Photographs. Index . xx , 205 pp. Cloth . $37.50 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 The increasing success of Latin...

...Silvia M. Arrom Stanley Green’s The Mexican Republic is part of the rediscovery of the early postindependence period in Mexican history. Once neglected by historians who dismissed it as a laughable opéra bouffe (in Lesley Byrd Simpson’s phrase), the early republic has recently become the focus...

...Thomas O. Ott Léger Félicíté Sonthonax: The Lost Sentinel of the Republic . By Stein Robert Louis . Cranbury, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press , 1985 . Facsimile. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 234 . Cloth . $29.50 . Copyright 1987 by Duke University Press...

...Michael Kryzanek The Dominican Republic: Politics and Development in an Unsovereign State . By Black Jan Knippers . Boston : Allen & Unwin , 1986 . Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xi , 164 . Cloth . $22.95 . Paper . $11.95 . Copyright 1987 by Duke University...

...Tracy Duvall Miriam Díaz Santana and Martin F. Murphy produced this brief essay on the Dominican Republic shortly after the 1982 national elections. They attempt to contradict the popular claim that those elections formed a model of democracy for Latin America. The authors, however, ignore...

... the origins of the Liberal-Colorado rivalry, all present barriers to an objective analysis of the republic in this era. Nonetheless, Harris Gaylord Warren pierces the wall of myth as he examines the Paraguay that the Colorados inherited, the political structure developed in this period, the economic...

...Lester D. Langley The Impact of Intervention: The Dominican Republic during the U.S. Occupation of 1916-1924 . By Calder Bruce J. . Austin : University of Texas Press , 1984 . Illustrations. Notes. Epilog. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xxxii , 334 . Cloth. $22.50 . Copyright 1985...

... it is then, perhaps, pertinent to cite José María Velasco Ibarra, an intellectual who was elected four times as President of the Republic, and whose fifth election can be avoided, apparently, only through amending the Constitution. Velasco Ibarra attributes the breakup of Bolívar’s Colombia to caudillismo. 3...

...University of Florida The Tragedy of Manuel Azaña and the Fate of the Spanish Republic . By Sedwick Frank . Athens , 1963 . Ohio State University Press . Pp. vi , 295 . $6.25 . Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 Azaña, the literary man, the scholar and essayist...

...Dana G. Munro The Unfinished Experiment. Democracy in the Dominican Republic . By Bosch Juan . New York , 1965 . Frederick A. Praeger . Index . Pp. 239 . $5.95 . Santo Domingo: Revolt of the Damned . By Kurzman Dan . New York , 1965 . G. P. Putnam’s Sons . Pp. 310...

...Donald E. Worcester Quisqueya. A History of the Dominican Republic . By Rodman Selden . Seattle , 1964 . University of Washington Press . Illustrations. Bibliography. Appendix. Index . Pp. x , 202 . $5.95 . Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 Selden Rodman...

...Gabriel Jackson The chapters dealing with Azaña’s political career do not add substantially to our knowledge. The author depends heavily on Madariaga and Ramos Oliveira for his knowledge of the Republic. His judgments are moderate, but also naïve, due to his personal involvement with the Azaña...

...Charles Frazier The Constabulary in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Progeny and Legacy of United States Intervention . By Goldwert Marvin . Gainesville , 1962 . University of Florida Press . Latin American Monographs. No. 17 . School of Inter-American Studies. Notes...

...Rayford W. Logan Mission to Haiti, Report of the United Nations Mission of Technical Assistance to the Republic of Haiti . ( Lake Success, New York : 1949 . Pp. 327 . Illustrations, maps. Paper . $2.50 .) Copyright 1950 by Duke University Press 1950 ...

...Robert J. Alexander The Land Columbus Loved, the Dominican Republic . By Harding Bertita . ( New York : Coward McCann Inc ., 1949 . Pp. 246 . $3.75 .) Copyright 1950 by Duke University Press 1950 ...

...Joe B. Frantz Texas Culture, 1836-1846. In the Days of the Republic . By William Schmitz Joseph . San Antonio , 1960 . The Naylor Company . Bibliography. Index . Pp. vii , 152 . $3.50 . Copyright 1961 by Duke University Press 1961 This book is primarily a reissue...