...” (p.12). In a particularly useful chapter, Remmer examines the economic impact of military rule. Observing that Latin Americanists have accepted as conventional wisdom the proposition that “authoritarianism is a prerequisite for successful economic stabilization” (p.79), she concludes from...

...Inga Clendinnen Conquest of the Sierra: Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Oaxaca . By Chance John K. . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 1989 . Maps. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvii , 233 pp. Cloth. $34.50 . Maya Resistance to Spanish Rule: Time...

...John D. Martz The Politics of Coalition Rule in Colombia . By Hartlyn Jonathan . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1988 . Map. Tables. Figure. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvii , 332 . Cloth . $42.50 . Copyright 1990 by Duke University Press 1990...

..., not a party in the European sense. Indeed, it began to come apart at the seams during the 1987-88 drafting of a new constitution. In order to comprehend the present situation, it is important to understand why it could hold together to guarantee the transition from nearly 21 years of military rule...

...Robert A. Potash From Military Rule to Liberal Democracy in Argentina . Edited by Peralta-Ramos Mónica and Waisman Carlos H. . Boulder : Westview Press , 1987 . Tables. Notes. Index . Pp. 175 . Paper. $23.00 . Copyright 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 This volume...

...B. W. Higman Moral Imperium: Afro-Caribbeans and the Transformation of British Rule, 1776-1838 . By Richardson Ronald . Westport : Greenwood Press , 1987 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 211 . Cloth . $35.00 . Copyright 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 The origins...

... 1988 Generals in Retreat: The Crisis of Military Rule in Latin America . Edited by O’Brien Philip and Cammack Paul . Dover, NH : Manchester University Press , 1985 . Notes. References. Tables. Glossary. Index . Pp. viii , 208 . Cloth . $32.50 . ...

...Brian Loveman Military Rule in Chile: Dictatorship and Oppositions . Edited by Valenzuela J. Samuel and Valenzuela Arturo . Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press , 1986 . Tables. Notes. Index . Pp. xi , 331 . Cloth. $35.00 . Copyright 1987 by Duke University...

...-reaching effects of the Bourbon reforms in the late colonial period. After 250 years of “indirect rule” in which villages were largely independent entities, the Maya were subjected to a crash program of modernization. They lost most of the judicial autonomy they once possessed, saw their public finances...

...Benjamin Keen Huarochirí: An Andean Society under Inca and Spanish Rule . By Spalding Karen . Stanford : Stanford University Press , 1984 . Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. viii , 364 . Cloth. Copyright 1985 by Duke University Press 1985 The title...

...Paul Lewis The Stroessner Era: Authoritarian Rule in Paraguay . By Miranda Carlos R. . Boulder : Westview Press , 1990 . Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index . x , 177 pp. Cloth . $33.50 . Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991 Carlos Miranda’s short, well-written...

...Michael L. Conniff The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964–1985 . By Skidmore Thomas E. . New York : Oxford University Press , 1988 . Maps. Notes. Index . xi , 420 pp. Paper . $14.95 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 Historians seldom write sequels...

... The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule . By Gibson Charles . Stanford , 1964 . Stanford University Press . Map. Illustrations. Tables. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 657 . $12.50 . ...

... eventual control over the central government. The large landholders of São Paulo took an active interest in the politics and government of their nation. Unlike the oligarchies of some other Latin American countries, they did not remain apart from the actual scene of political battle to rule by military...

... for migration. But the migration continues. Copyright 1977 by Duke University Press 1977 Squatters and Oligarchs: Authoritarian Rule and Policy Change in Peru . By Collier David . Baltimore , 1976 . The Johns Hopkins University Press . Figures. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography...

... of their original goals. A study of these military revolutions and of power struggles within the armed forces during the brief period of military rule provides an opportunity to observe an early example of organized military support for social and political reform in twentieth-century Latin America...

... and economic development of technologically backward nations. Copyright 1967 by Duke University Press 1967 Poor Countries and Authoritarian Rule . By Neufeld Maurice F. . Ithaca , 1965 . Cornell University . New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations . Appendix. Notes...

...Robert L. Gilmore Dance of the Millions. Military Rule and the Social Revolution in Colombia, 1930-1956 . By Fluharty Vernon L. . Pittsburgh , 1957 . University of Pittsburgh Press . Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 336 . Price $6.00 . Copyright 1958 by Duke...

...Miguel Martínez Who Should Rule? Men of Arms, the Republic of Letters, and the Fall of the Spanish Empire . By Mónica Ricketts . New York : Oxford University Press , 2017 . Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xii , 314 pp. Cloth, $74.00 . Chapter 4 uncovers Peru's lively...

...Pierre Ragon Pious Imperialism: Spanish Rule and the Cult of Saints in Mexico City . By Cornelius Conover . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 2019 . Photographs. Figures. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xix , 274 pp. Cloth, $65.00 . Copyright © 2020...