... this book useful to the Latin Americanist. A disjointed work that lacks historical perspective, Urban Terrorism: Theory, Practice & Response seeks to provide an understanding of urban terrorism. This poorly researched polemic covers selected events and theories that range from the Paris Commune...

...Francisco De Roux The Economics of Violence in Latin America: A Theory of Political Competition . By Chaffee Wilber Albert Jr . Westport : Praeger , 1992 . Notes. Bibliography. Index. x, 173 pp. Cloth . $45.00 . Copyright 1995 by Duke University Press 1995 Wilber Chaffee...

...Mark Thurner Peru in Theory . Edited by Drinot Paulo . Studies of the Americas . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2014 . Figures. Tables. Notes. Bibliographies. Index. viii, 259 pp. Cloth , $105.00 . Copyright © 2017 by Duke University Press 2017 As the editor of Peru...

...Amy Caldwell De Farias Gilberto Freyre: Social Theory in the Tropics . By Burke Peter and Pallares-Burke Maria Lúcia G. . Oxford : Peter Lang , 2008 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . 261 pp. Paper , $25.00 . Copyright 2010 by Duke University Press 2010 Gilberto Freyre...

...Joseph L. Love The Other Mirror: Grand Theory through the Lens of Latin America . Edited by Centeno Miguel Angel and López-Alves Fernando . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 2001 . Figures. Notes. Bibliographies. Index . viii , 372 pp. Cloth , $59.50 . Paper...

...Ariel C. Armony This is an ambitious, intriguing project, mainly because of Escudé’s emphasis on the ethnocentric character of conventional international relations theory, which makes its extrapolation to developing countries highly problematic. The resulting book, however, is disappointing...

...Oscar Chamosa Reframing Latin America: A Cultural Theory Reading of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century . By Ching Erik , Buckley Christina , and Lozano-Alonso Angélica . Austin : University of Texas Press , 2007 . Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Index . xviii , 349...

...Elzbieta Sklodowska Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative . By Echevarría Roberto González . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1990 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . xiv , 245 pp. Cloth . $44.50 . Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991...

...Jane S. Jaquette Gender Politics in Latin America: Debates in Theory and Practice . Edited by Dore Elizabeth . New York : Monthly Review Press , 1997 . Notes. Index . 251 pp. Cloth, $38.00 . Paper, $18.00 . Copyright 1999 by Duke University Press 1999 This collection...

...Frank Cajka Revolution and Rebirth of Inequality: A Theory Applied to the National Revolution in Bolivia . By Kelley Jonathan and Klein Herbert S. . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1982 . Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvi , 279...

... the chances for socialism in Latin America. The Peruvian José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930) is credited with showing how to apply Marxism to understand the unique conditions of a given country, and with establishing a legacy of independent Marxist theory in Latin America. Among the revolutionaries he...

...T. N. Campbell Method and Theory in American, Archaeology . By Willey Gordon R. and Phillips Philip . Chicago , 1958 . The University of Chicago Press . Bibliography. Index . Pp. ix , 270 . $4.75 . Copyright 1959 by Duke University Press 1959 ...

...William Jerome Wilson A New Theory on Columbus’s Voyage Through the Bahamas . By Link Edwin A. and Link Marion C. . Foreword by Peterson Mendel L. . Washington, D. C. , 1958 . Smithsonian Institution . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections , Volume 135 , Number 4...

...David Felix Tax Administration in Theory and Practice with Special Reference to Chile . By Nowak Norman D. . New York , 1970 . Praeger Publishers . Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development . Tables. Charts. Figures. Appendices . Pp. xi , 243 . $15.00...

... borrows extensively from concepts developed in James N. Rosenau’s Linkage Politics . Copyright 1973 by Duke University Press 1973 Contemporary Inter-American Relations: A Reader in Theory and Issues . Edited by Ferguson Yale H. . Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey , 1972 . Prentice-Hall...

... are interestingly described. The specialist will be disappointed that there is not more depth on any particular aspect of integration. Also no theory on the process of integration is developed, and a few important dissertations on the subject seem to have been overlooked. This book consists of ten essays...

...Robert J. Alexander Castroism: Theory and Practice . By Draper Theodore . New York , 1965 . Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers . Notes. Index . Pp. 263 . $5.95 . Copyright 1967 by Duke University Press 1967 There is no doubt in this reviewer’s mind that Theodore Draper...

...F. T. B. Toward an Integrated Theory of Development: Economic and Noneconomic Variables in Rural Development . By Whyte William F. and Williams Lawrence K. . Ithaca , 1968 . Cornell University . New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations . Notes. Appendix . Pp...

...Woodrow Borah Do the Americas Have A Common History? A Critique of the Bolton Theory . Edited with an Introduction by Hanke Lewis . New York , 1964 . Alfred A. Knopf . Borzoi Books on Latin America . Pp. 269 . Paper . $2.75 . Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965...

...Dwight S. Brothers The Theory and Design of Economic Development . Edited by Adelman Irma and Thorbecke Erik . Baltimore , 1966 . The Johns Hopkins Press . Charts. Tables. Notes. Index . Pp. 427 . $12.95 . Copyright 1968 by Duke University Press 1968 This book...