...Lesley Byrd Simpson La formation des grands domaines au Mexique. Terre et société au xvi e -xvii e siècles . By Chevalier François ( Paris : Institut d’Ethnologie , 1952 . Pp. 480 . Plates, map .) Copyright 1953 by Duke University Press 1953 ...

...Robert A. Potash Pouvoir militaire, société politique, république argentine . By Rouquié Alain . Paris : Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques , 1978 . Tables. Graphs. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 772 . Paper. Copyright 1981 by Duke University Press...

...Murdo J. Macleod Roman et société en Equateur (1930-1949) . By Hubard de Bravo Eliane . Cuernavaca, Mexico , 1970 . Centro Intercultural de Documentación . CIDOC Cuademo 48 . Bibliography. Index. Pp. 357. Paper . Copyright 1971 by Duke University Press 1971 This extended...

...Pierre Vayssiere Les mécanismes de la vie économique dans une société coloniale. Le Chile, 1680-1830 . By Carmagnani Marcello . Paris , 1973 . École Pratique des Hautes Études . Monnaie-Prix-Conjoncture, XI . Tables. Graphs. Appendices. Bibliography . Pp. 392 . Paper...

...Pamela Murray Intellectuels, état, et société au Mexique: les clercs de la nation (1910–1968) . By Lempérière Annick . Paris : L’Harmattan , 1992 . Tables. Notes. Bibliography. 393 pp. Paper . Copyright 1994 by Duke University Press 1994 In this revision of her doctoral...

...Michael Kenneth Huner La société guerrière: Pratiques, discours et valeurs militaires dans le Rio de la Plata, 1806–1852 . By Rabinovich Alejandro Martin . Collection “Des Amériques.” Rennes, France : Presses Universitaires de Rennes , 2013 . Photographs. Maps. Figures. Tables. Notes...

.... In the Introduction to Guerre et société au Chile the author states that his essay is a very general coverage of “. . . all the problems of the Spanish society in Chile and of their interaction with the Indian element from the conquest to the year 1612,” the year which saw the adoption of legal slavery...

...C. J. Bishko Aspects de la société marchande de Séville au début du XVIIe siècle . By Moret Michèle . Introduction by Chaunu Pierre . Paris , 1967 . Editions Marcel Rivière et Cie . Maps. Charts. Tables. Notes. Index . Pp. 115 . Paper. Fr. 10.00 (French) . Copyright 1969...

...Horst Pietschmann Mines, terres, et société à Zacatecas (Mexique) de la fin du XVIIe siècle à l’indépendance . By Lange Frédérique . Paris : Publications de la Sorbonne , 1992 . Maps. Graphs. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index . 445 pp. Paper . Copyright 1995 by Duke...

...Louis Faron Anthropologie historique des sociétés andines . Edited by Revel Jacques , Murra John V. , and Wachtel Nathan . Paris : 1978 . Special number of Annales . Maps. Tables. Figures. Illustrations. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography . Pp. 358 . Paper . Copyright 1981...

...Asunción Lavrin La colonisation de l’imaginaire. Sociétés indigènes et occidentalisation dans le Mexique espagnol: XVI–XVII siécle . By Gruzinski Serge . Paris : Editions Gallimard , 1988 . Notes. Bibliography . Pp. 374 . Paper. Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989...

...Daniel H. Levine Political Attitudes in Venezuela: Societal Cleavages and Political Opinion . By Baloyra Enrique A. and Martz John D. . Austin , 1979 . University of Texas Press . Illustrations. Graphs. Appendixes. Notes. Index . Pp. xix , 300 . Cloth. $19.95 . Copyright...

...Arnold J. Bauer Andes et Meso-Amérique: cultures et sociétés . 2 vols . Edited by Thiercelin Raquel . Aix-en-Provence : Publications de l’Université de Provence , 1991 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index . 834 pp. Copyright 1993 by Duke University...

... in turn shaped the fate of children. Ultimately, the analysis suggests that domestic and reproductive labor was a resource allocated not just at the level of the individual household but on a societal scale across social groups. Circulating through households of different class statuses and across rural...

... instrumental in consolidating a culture of dissent that helped destabilize the unanimity principle underlying the monarchical imaginary, a principle that deemed nonconforming opinions a societal pathology incompatible with the sovereign's will and the common good. The rise of this contentious politics helped...

... of exerting control over societal violence. A careful reading of Mauceri’s empirical treatment shows that the weakness of these administrative and coercive functions was linked historically to the debility of state-society ties, and particularly the absence of a consolidated political society capable...

... . Copyright 1996 by Duke University Press 1996 The volume under review consists of 20 papers delivered during a colloquy under the aegis of the Société des Italianistes de l’Enseignement Supérieur (SIES) and the Société des Hispanistes Français (SHF) at the University of Provence in April 1992...

..., the author penetrates numerous rural and agrarian aspects of the Mexican Revolution that to date have been slighted. These include rustic societal Catholicism, whose spiritual problems the Cardenistas were slow to comprehend; clerical elitist influence over feminism; various nuances of agrarian reform...

... habitation of the continent to the present. Societal changes and transformations over time are covered with different emphases on details and points of view depending on the series, as well as on new data and research not easily accessible to readers elsewhere. They are usually oriented toward students...

... initiatives like disseminating French books, establishing chapters of the Comité France-Amérique and Alliance Française in different Colombian cities, and providing subsidies for the works of religious congregations and to the Société Française de Secours Mutuels. Andrade believes that after both...