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...C. Neale Ronning The author’s conclusions are disappointingly scanty, but that is not a major weakness in what is otherwise an excellent work. The sudden (though not revolutionary, as the book makes clear) shift in Brazil’s policy in 1970—claiming a 200-mile territorial sea—is explained...

...C. Neale Ronning Legal Imperialism: American Lawyers and Foreign Aid in Latin America . By Gardner James A. . Madison : University of Wisconsin Press , 1980 . Notes. Index . Pp. xii , 401 . Cloth. $20.00 . Copyright 1982 by Duke University Press 1982 The law...

...C. Neale Ronning The authors are both professors of law and they note that the book was intended for use in law schools. Teachers in the social sciences should also give it careful attention. As a political scientist this reviewer would find it highly useful in courses on political systems...

...Ron L. Seckinger Some instructors will find this volume suitable for assigned reading in undergraduate surveys. Others will at least encounter a few selections (or sections) that can be used in relating their personal visions of Latin American history. Two sections are especially useful...

...Ron L. Seckinger 27 Canning to Lord Ponsonby (No. 3), London, March 18, 1826, in Webster, ed., Britain and the Independence of Latin America , I, 140-143. Ponsonby to Visconde de Inhambupe (Private), Rio de Janeiro, June 4, 1826, Br-AHI, lata 223, maço 2, pasta 17. Canning to Robert...

...Ron Tyler These two works are a beginning. They only suggest the interpretation through which more serious and complete research should now be carried out. Both Goldfinch and Canales suggest that historians need to take another look at Cortina, and while Goldfinch admits the impossibility...

...Ron L. Seckinger Despite these flaws, the book is delightful because the caricatures are so good. They show that Pedro II was willing to endure ridicule and caustic satire at the price of freedom of the press. Unfortunately, the coordination between visual and written material leaves much...

...Ron Seckinger O Mandonismo Local na Vida Política Brasileira e Outros Ensaios . By Pereira de Queiroz Maria Isaura . São Paulo , 1976 . Editora Alfa-Omega . Notes. Bibliography . Pp. 230 . Paper. Copyright 1978 by Duke University Press 1978 The title essay...