... in Peru: An Andean Town, 1870s–1970s addresses Shining Path's rise, focusing on Tarma province in Junín, which would become one of the most war-torn regions during the violence. Fiona Wilson draws on data from contemporaneous newspaper articles, official correspondence, and local interpretations...

... that is important for the colonial history of Mesoamerica. It also is a meticulously researched social history of a smaller Mayan town that encourages further research and comparison. Beyond the Ixil wills, only a few corpora of Maya testaments from the colonial period are known for the Yucatan peninsula (from...

...David H. Andrews San Pedro, Colombia. Small Town in a Developing Society . By Richardson Miles . New York , 1970 . Holt, Rinehart and Winston . Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology . Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography . Pp. xiv , 98 . Paper. $1.95 . Copyright 1971 by Duke...

...Thomas E. Benner Comerío. A Study of a Puerto Rican Town . By Rogler Charles C. . [ No. 9, University of Kansas Publications .] ( Lawrence : Department of Journalism Press, University of Kansas , 1940 . Pp. 198 .) Copyright 1941 by Duke University Press 1941 ...

...Benson Saler Panajachel: A Guatemalan Town in Thirty-Year Perspective . By Hinshaw Robert E. . Foreword by Tax Sol . Pittsburgh , 1975 . University of Pittsburgh Press . Maps. Tables. Illustrations. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xxvii , 203 . Cloth...

... of a central group of religious ideologues, or a set of perceptions that were expressed by a broad sample of ordinary women and men. One has the impression that the interpretations of world view are largely based on discussions with a rather small group of “town theologians.” Moreover, the discussion...

...David J. Robinson From Frontier Town to Metropolis: A History of Villavicencio, Colombia, since 1842 . By Rausch Jane M. . Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield , 2007 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index . 256 pp. Cloth , $85.00 . Paper , $34.95...

... institution of universally elected town governments was acceptable in large part because it allowed for the reproduction of colonial practices that facilitated the exploitation of village resources. In Yucatán, by contrast, legislators actively promoted the same institution because it had the potential...

...Jesús F. De La Teja Saltillo, 1770–1810: Town and Region in the Mexican North . By Offutt Leslie S. . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 2001 . Maps. Tables. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xi , 277 pp. Cloth , $50.00 . Copyright 2003 by Duke University Press...

...Charles R. Ewen Archaeology at La Isabela: America’s First European Town . by Deagan Kathleen and Cruxent José María . New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press , 2002 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index . xxxi , 377 pp. Cloth...

...Gabriel Tortella Town and Country in Pre-industrial Spain: Cuenca, 1550-1870 . By Reher David Sven . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1990 . Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendix. References. Index. xiv , 337 pp. Cloth . $49.50 . Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press...

...Robert W. Patch Indigenous Rulers: An Ethnohistory of Town Government in Colonial Cuernavaca , By Haskett Robert . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 1991 . Map. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xii , 294 pp. Cloth , $37.50 . Paper , $17.50...

...Sara T. Nalle Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late Medieval Castile . By Ruiz Teofilo F. . Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 1994 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 351 pp. Cloth . $46.95 . Copyright 1995 by Duke University Press 1995...

...Peter Masten Dunne, S. J. Franciscan Awatovi, the Excavation and Conjectural Reconstruction of a 17th-Century Spanish Mission Establishment of a Hopi Indian Town in Northeastern Arizona . By Montgomery Ross Gordon , Smith Watson , and Brew John Otis . [ Papers of the Peabody...

...Harold E. Wethey Copyright 1954 by Duke University Press 1954 Cuzco. Reconstruction of the Town and Restoration of Its Monuments . Edited by Kubler George . Paris , 1952 . Museums and Monuments, III . Illustrations . Pp. 39 . ...

...Fernand Braudel Town and Country in Brazil . By Harris Marvin . New York , 1956 . Columbia University Press . Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Index . Pp. 302 . $4.50 . Copyright 1959 by Duke University Press 1959 ...

... Social Class and Social Mobility in a Costa Rican Town . By Sariola Sarari . Turrialba , 1954 . Inter-American Institute of Agricultura Sciences , Miscellaneous Publication 5. Charts. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Pp. 136 . Las trepanaciones craneanas en el Perú en la época...

...Pablo Max Ynsfran Tobatí: Paraguayan Town . By Service Elman R. and Service Helen S. . Chicago , 1954 . University of Chicago Press . Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xxix , 337 . $7.00 . Copyright 1955 by Duke University Press 1955 ...

...J. H. Parry The Cabildo in Peru under the Hapsburgs. A Study in the Origins and Powers of the Town Council in the Viceroyalty of Peru 1530-1700 . By Moore John Preston . Durham, N. C. , 1954 . Duke University Press . Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Index . Pp. viii , 309...