...John A. Booth Overall, the 19 documents—mainly letters and political manifestos—effectively represent Sandino’s writings during his struggle against the last U.S. occupation of Nicaragua (1927-33). This collection is smaller than Sergio Ramírez’s (in Spanish), but its coverage of the range...

...Henry H. Keith Sergio was born in Damão, India, and later spent boyhood years in the Portuguese Congo, his father having served as governor in both places. Trained initially as a naval officer, he served in Macao and the Cape Verde Islands until he resigned in 1910, upon the victory...

...Bryan McCann Abstract This article explores the nature and influence of the satirical journalism of Sérgio Porto, alias Stanislaw Ponte Preta, in Brazil from 1964 to 1968. Porto’s daily column in the Última Hora newspaper lampooned the Brazilian military dictatorship for its corruption, self...

...Erik Lars Myrup A conquista do oeste: A fronteira na obra de Sérgio Buarque de Holanda . By Wegner Robert . Humanitas, 54 . Belo Horizonte : Editora Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , 2000 . Notes. Bibliography . 275 pp. Paper . Copyright 2002 by Duke University Press...

... American Historical Review has asked me to interview you for a series to be run in the Review on distinguished historians of the Americas . sérgio buarque de holanda : Yes, I know the journal well. I used to be a member of its international advisory board along with members from various other Latin...

...Richard m. Morse * Professor of History, Stanford University. Copyright 1983 by Duke University Press 1983 Sérgio Buarque de Holanda died peacefully at his home in Pacaembu in the city of São Paulo on April 24, 1982. Had he lived until July 11, he would have turned eighty years...

...Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro Brazil and the Soviet Challenge, 1917-1947 . By Hilton Stanley E. . Austin : University of Texas Press , 1991 . Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index . 296 pp. Cloth . $37.50 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 Stanley Hilton has researched...

...Sergio Diaz-Briquets The Nicaraguan Revolution in Health: From Somoza to the Sandinistas . By Donahue John M. . South Hadley, MA : Bergin & Garvey Publishers, Inc. , 1986 . Figures. Tables. References. Index . Pp. xvii , 156 . Cloth. $27.95 . Copyright 1987 by Duke...

...Sergio Serulnikov Abstract The article analyzes how the University of Charcas participated in public affairs in Chuquisaca (present-day Sucre) during the late colonial era. I show that following the Jesuit expulsion in the 1760s, the claustro (academic senate) became a center of university life...

...Sergio Alejandro Cañedo Gamboa En el tercer apartado, la autora presenta el uso que las autoridades municipales hicieron de las políticas de salud pública para controlar y mantener sanos los cuerpos de los zacatecanos (mediante campañas de vacunación contra la rabia o campañas preventivas sobre...

...Sergio Silva Castañeda De oportunidades y retos: Los engranajes del comercio exterior de México, 1920–1947 . By Alaminos Isabel Avella . Mexico City : El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Históricos , 2010 . Bibliography. 425 pp. Paper . Copyright 2012 by Duke University...

...Sérgio De Oliveira Birchal Order against Progress sheds new light on the debate about the role of railroads in nineteenth-century Brazil. The author’s results are solidly grounded in a variety of documentary evidence, despite the scarcity of documents for the earlier periods. The book’s...

...Sergio Navarrete Pellicer The Inevitable Bandstand: The State Band of Oaxaca and the Politics of Sound . By Heath Charles V. . The Mexican Experience . Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , 2015 . Map. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xii, 218 pp. Cloth , $65.00...

...Sergio Serulnikov The Tupac Amaru movement, strictly understood as the rebellion led by José Gabriel Condorcanqui, who went by the Inca royal name Tupac Amaru, and his relatives in southern Peru between Cuzco and Lake Titicaca from 1780 to 1783, was one of the best-kept secrets in Latin American...

...Sergio Roca La economía cubana en los primeros años de la revolución y otros ensayos . By Noyola Juan F. . Introduction by Herzog Jesús Silva . Mexico City : Siglo Veintiuno Editores , 1978 . Pp. 279. Paper . Copyright 1982 by Duke University Press 1982 Juan F...

...Sergio Roca The People of Buena Ventura: Relocation of Slum Dwellers in Postrevolutionary Cuba . By Butterworth Douglas S. . Champaign : University of Illinois Press , 1980 . Tables. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxix, 157. Cloth . $11.95 . Copyright 1982 by Duke University Press...

...Sergio G. Roca Overall, many observers of Cuba are likely to share Habel’s conclusions: “The decisive control of Fidel Castro and his henchmen over major economic decisions, combined with the Communist Party’s monopoly of power, have the effect of hiding responsibilities, concealing incompetence...