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Between the Sacred and the Worldly: The Institutional and Cultural Practice of Recogimiento in Colonial Lima. By Nancy van Deusen. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. Pp. xvii, 319. Map. Notes. Tables. Bibliography. Glossary. Appendixes. Index. $60.00 cloth.

Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers: The Anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America. Edited by James W. Dow and Alan Sandstrom. Westport: Praeger, 2001. Pp. xiv, 298. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $69.00 cloth.

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Protestantism and Political Conflict in the Nineteenth-Century Hispanic Caribbean. By Luis Martínez-Fernández. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2002. Pp. xiii, 246. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $60.00 cloth; $30.00 paper.

The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940. By Michael J. González. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 2002. Pp. 307. Notes, Illustrations. Index. $45.00 cloth; $21.95 paper.

Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976. By Piero Gleijeses. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Pp. xix, 552. Illustrations. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $34.95 cloth.

Containing the Poor: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871. By Silvia Marina Arrom. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 398. Illustrations. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $19.95 paper.

Bearing Arms for His Majesty: The Free-Colored Militia in Colonial Mexico. By Ben VinsonIII . Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. Pp. xii, 304. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $60.00 cloth.

Military Foundations of Panamanian Politics. By Robert C. Harding. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2001. Pp. xxi, 233. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Appendix. Index. $39.00 cloth.

The Festive State: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism as Cultural Performance. By David M. Guss. Los Angeles and Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Pp. viii, 239. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $48.00 cloth; $18.95 paper.

Winds of Change: Hurricanes & the Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Cuba. By Louis A. Pérez. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Pp. x, 199. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliographic Essay. Index. $49.95 cloth; $17.95 paper.

The Legacy of Vicente Guerrero, Mexico's First Black Indian President. By Theodore G. Vincent. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. Pp. xii, 336. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $55.00 cloth.

Women and Urban Change in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1820-1868. By Felix V. Matos Rodríguez. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999. Pp. xi, 180. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $55.00 cloth.

Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: New Analytical Perspectives. Edited by David Pion-Berlin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Pp. xiv, 303. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $55.00 cloth; $22.50 paper.

Mexico: the End of the Revolution. By Donald C. Hodges and Ross Gandy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. Pp. 213. Notes. Index. $72.95 cloth; $26.95 paper.

Violence in Colombia, 1900-2000: Waging War and Negotiating Peace. Edited by Charles Bergquist, Ricardo Peñaranda, and Gonzalo Sánchez. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2001. Pp. xxv, 300. Notes. Appendix. Glossary. Index. $60.00 cloth; $21.95 paper.

Shaping the Discourse on Space: Charity and its Wards in 19th Century San Juan, Puerto Rico. By Teresita Martínez-Vergne. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Pp. xv, 235. Notes. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $32.50 cloth; $17.95 paper.

Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida: The Saga of César Rincón. By Allen Josephs. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. Pp. xviii, 376. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $34.95 cloth.

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