...Magnus Mörner La vie quotidienne au Paraguay sous les jésuites . By Haubert Maxime . Paris , 1967 . Libraire Hachette . Bibliography . Pp. 309 . Copyright 1969 by Duke University Press 1969 Maxime Haubert’s volume on the Jesuits in Paraguay, which has appeared in the well...

...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...

...J. F. Normano La Vie de Simón Bolívar . By Lafond G. and Fersane G. . [ Vies des Hommes Illustres, No. 53 .] ( Paris : 1930 . Pp. 301 .) Copyright 1931 by Duke University Press 1931 ...

...David Bushnell La vie quotidienne en Amérique du Sud au temps de Bolivar 1809-1830 . By Demélas Marie-Danielle and Saint-Geours Yves . Paris : Hachette , 1987 . Maps. Illustrations. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography . Pp. 251 . Paper. Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press...

...Mercer Cook Plaisirs de Saint-Domingue. Notes sur sa vie sociale. Littéraire et artistique . By Fouchard Jean . Port-au-Prince , 1955 . Imprimerie de l’Etat . Pp. 181 . Paper. Copyright 1956 by Duke University Press 1956 ...

...Preston E. James Brésil Aride. (La vie dans la caatinga) . By de la Rue E. Aubert . Paris , 1957 . Gallimard . Map. Photographs . Pp. 247 . Paper. Copyright 1959 by Duke University Press 1959 ...

...Ralph L. Beals La vie quotidienne des Aztèques a la veille de la conquête espagnole . By Soustelle Jacques . Paris , 1955 . Libraire Hachette . Pp. 318 . 600 fr . Copyright 1956 by Duke University Press 1956 ...

.... When he did his research, Duvalier was still “président à vie;” some of the most revealing pages are devoted to the rise of this dictator, and to the ruthlessly astute manner in which he consolidated his power. For years Duvalier sat “like a solitary spider in the middle of a finely spun web, each...

... comments dryly there has been a “prise de conscience des problèmes ruraux” since the Cuban Revolution. Si les réformes agraires sont si nécessaires ce n’est pas tant parce que le latifundio est cruel ou oppressif et que ses subjets le détestent que parce qu’il les tient à l’écart de la vie politique...

... only casual attention to his law studies, he plunged into literature, journalism, and la vie bohème . Then at the insistence of Assis Chateaubriand he went to Germany in 1929-30 for O Jornal , where he supplemented his modest income by interviewing writers (including Thomas Mann) and composing...

... all vary enormously; indeed, little agreement exists on what the major research thrusts should be. Case studies vie with more general cross-national investigations; psychological and attitudinal explanations of behavior confront ecological, structural research; and descriptive, historical accounts...

... of Simón Váez de Sevilla. The bibliography includes many books and articles not germane or even peripheral to the author’s themes. Mindful of his prerogative to include what he desires in a “Select Bibliography,” we still question the omission of Pierre Chaunu’s “Inquisition et Vie Quotedienne dans...

... On the Periphery is a welcome contribution to regional historiography for northwestern Mexico during the formative period of the national republic. Basically a political history of the dominant class, Voss’s study centers on the “urban notables” who vie with each other for control of state and district offices...

... to the Andes: in 1980 she published Nationalisme sans nation? La Bolivie XIX-XXsiècles and in 1987 and 1988, together with Yves Saint-Geours, Jerusalén y Babilonia: Religión y política en América del Sur; El caso del Ecuador and La vie quotidienne en Amérique du Sud au temps de Bolivar . The present...

..., and Jesuits and Franciscans, would vie for control of the river course and the indigenous peoples who lived along it. This new edition of Acuña’s work is edited by three scholars of peninsular Spanish literature. It supplements the chronicle itself with two essays that introduce the author and interpret...

... and otherwise, were probably more open-minded about color, sexuality, class, and other modern worries than their landlubber peers, but the weight of evidence suggests that most were desperate social climbers looking out for number one. About the only thing to vie with money in motivating them to violence...

... not clearly identify the main argument. Various topics such as royal clemency, factional Spanish politics, corporate identity, and social networks vie for the reader's attention. Also, no clear historiographical rationale highlights the book's unique contributions to a crowded field of studies...

... by the insurgents produced the phenomenon of fragmentation and regionalization, as well as the emergence of a multitude of caudillos, who in the decades after independence continued to vie for control over local politics. As a whole, the collection carries out a very useful function, bringing to our attention...