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... and the sad. Copyright 1972 by Duke University Press 1972 Mato Grosso, Last Virgin Land: An Account of the Mato Grosso Based on the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society Expedition to Central Brazil, 1967-9 . By Smith Anthony . Foreword by Blackett Lord and Laithwaite Sir...

... ello. The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940–1976 descansa sobre una revisión amplia de fuentes de primera mano y un corpus historiográfico producido en México y Estados Unidos. Se agradece la discusión que entabla con la historiografía mexicana, –ya que desafortunadamente no es muy común en...

... of a society to construct a more satisfying culture’” (p. 58). In a sweeping overview, Smith adeptly situates such movements from the colonial era to the present within their larger social, economic, and political contexts. However, it is not quite clear how Santa Muerte fits within the revivalist movement...

... Society in an Eighteenth-Century Yucatec Town . By Mark Christensen and Matthew Restall . Louisville : University Press of Colorado , 2019 . Photographs. Maps. Figures. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiv , 302 pp. Cloth, $76.00 . ...

...Lauren MacDonald Life and Society in the Early Spanish Caribbean: The Greater Antilles, 1493–1550 . By Ida Altman . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 2021 . Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xii, 284 pp. Paper, $35.00 . Copyright © 2023 by Duke University...

... government agencies, historical societies, universities, businesses, and the Dominican-Italian Chamber of Commerce. And so the profiles of prominenti included in this volume continue for Italians residing in the Dominican Republic from the late nineteenth century onward. Their juxtaposition means...

...J. L. Fischer On the other hand, as the title suggests, Redfield’s primary interest lay in generalizing about the nature of humanity and society, and his interest in history stemmed from a desire to collect further cases to test his generalizations. His original empirical research involved...

...R. E. Q. The Evolution of Urban Society. Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico . By McC. Adams Robert . Chicago , 1966 . Aldine Publishing Company . The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures . Bibliography. Index . Pp. ix , 191 . Copyright 1968 by Duke University Press 1968...

...Mark Wasserman Based on meticulous research in local archives, informed by the latest theory and historiography, replete with interesting life stories, and, above all, lucidly written, Governance and Society is a model study. In Chihuahua, elites sought a sharply hierarchical society...

...César N. Caviedes Currents of Change: El Niños Impact on Climate and Society . By Glantz Michael H. . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1996 . Photographs. Maps. Figures. Bibliography. Index . viii , 194 pp. Cloth , $44.95 . Paper , $19.95 . Copyright 1997 by Duke...

...David Bushnell The unimportance of New Granada’s foreign trade, not only for the world market but for the great majority of New Granadans, does, of course, make McFarlane’s relative emphasis on that trade (and on the gold industry that fed it) appear a bit excessive. His treatment of society...

...Iván Jaksić The Cambridge History of Latin America , Volume 10, Latin America Since 1930: Ideas, Culture, and Society . Edited by Bethell Leslie . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1995 . Bibliographic essays. Index , xiv , 645 pp. Cloth . $110.00 . Copyright 1997...

...Paul Gootenberg Latin America: Economy and Society since 1930 . Edited by Bethell Leslie . The Cambridge History of Latin America . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1998 . Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliographical essays. Index. vii, 522 pp. Cloth , $59.95 . Paper , $19.95...

...Patricia A. McAnany Maya Lords and Lordship: The Formation of Colonial Society in Yucatán, 1350–1600 . By Quezada Sergio . Translated by Rugeley Terry . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 2014 . Photographs. Maps. Figures. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography...

...Richard C. Keller Argentina on the Couch: Psychiatry, State, and Society, 1880 to the Present . Edited by Plotkin Mariano . Diálogos . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 2003 . Photographs. Illustrations. Glossary. Notes. Index . xi , 287 pp. Cloth , $45.00 . Paper...

...Brian R. Larkin Church and Society in Spanish America . By Van Oss A. C. . Preface by Slicher Van Bath B. H. . CEDLA Latin American Studies , vol. 90 . Amsterdam : Aksant Academic Publishers , 2003 . Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. xiv , 215 pp. Paper...

...Rick A. López Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City, 1920 – 1940 . By Olsen Patrice Elizabeth . Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield , 2008 . Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvii , 279 pp. Cloth , $75.00 . Copyright 2010 by Duke University...

...John S. Leiby Patrons, Partisans, and Palace Intrigues: The Court Society of Colonial Mexico, 1702 – 1710 . By Rosenmüller Christoph . Calgary : University of Calgary Press , 2008 . Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . x , 278 pp. Paper...

... of us who have followed the development of Brazilian social science. The remainder of the volume has more general interest treating three broad aspects of Brazilian society, namely the Brazilian Population; Social Structure and Social Institutions; and Social-Culture Change and Development. Some...

...William L. Sherman Mexico Under Spain, 1521-1556: Society and the Origins of Nationality . By Liss Peggy K. . Chicago , 1975 . University of Chicago Press . Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvi , 229 . Cloth . $12.50 . Copyright 1976 by Duke University Press 1976...