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Religion, Power, and Politics in Colonial St. Augustine. By Robert L. Kapitzke. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. Pp. 219. Illustrations. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $55.00 cloth.

Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity. By Jeffrey M. Pilcher. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2001. Pp. xxvi, 247. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliographic Essay. Index. Cloth $55.00; paper $19.95.

Societies of Fear: The Legacy of Civil War, Violence and Terror in Latin America. Edited by Kees Koonings and Kirk Kruijt. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 335. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth; $25.00 paper.

Florida's Frontiers. By Paul E. Hoffman. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. Pp. xvi, 470. Photos. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth.

State and Society in Spanish America During the Age of Revolution. Edited by Victor M. Uribe-Uran. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2001. Pp. xxi, 261. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $60.00 cloth; $21.95 paper.

Spain in the Southwest: A Narrative History of Colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. By John L. Kessell. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. Pp. 462. Images. Maps. Notes. Works Cited. Index. $45.00 cloth.

The Danger of Dreams: Germany and American Imperialism in Latin America. By Nancy Mitchell. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Pp. xi, 312. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $50.00 cloth; $19.95 paper.

Saltillo 1770-1810: Town and Region in the Mexican North. By Leslie S. Offutt Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 277. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Notes. $50.00 cloth.

Latin America in the Middle Period, 1750-1929. By Stuart F. Voss. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2002. Pp. xxii, 296. Notes. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index. $65.00 cloth; $22.95 paper.

Colombianas en la vanguardia. By Lucy M. Cohen. Medellín, Colombia: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, 2001. Pp. xviii, 351. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. No price.

Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War. By John Mason Hart. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 677. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $39.95 cloth.

Waking the Dictator: Veracruz, the Struggle for Federalism, and the Mexican Revolution, 1870-1927. By Karl B. Koth. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2002. Pp. xiii, 361. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. $24.95 cloth.

City of Suspects: Crime in Mexico City, 1900-1931. By Pablo Piccato. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Pp. x, 365. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $64.95 cloth; $21.95 paper.

Los Franciscanos en Colombia, Tomo III (1700-1830). By Carlos Mantilla R. Luis Bogota: Ediciones de la Universidad de San Buenaventura, 2000. Volume 1, Pp. 858; Volume 2, Pp. 770. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. No price.

Constitucionalismo y orden liberal América Latina, 1850-1920. Edited by Marcelo Carmagnani and Gabriella Chiaramonti. Turin: Otto Editore, 2000. Pp. 380. Illustrations. Notes. No price.

Radical Women in Latin America: Left and Right. Edited by Victoria González and Karen Kampwirth. University Park: Penn State University Press, 2001. Pp. viii, 343. Notes. Index. $55.00 cloth; $18.95 paper.

Still Fighting: The Nicaraguan Women's Movement, 1977-2000. By Katherine Isbester. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001. Pp. xiv, 256. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth; $19.95 paper.

Picturing Tropical Nature. By Nancy Leys Stepan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. Pp. 283. Photos. Illustrations. References. Index. $35.00 cloth.

Por la Concordia, la Fusión y el Unitarismo: Estado y caudillismo en Bolivia, 1825-1880. By Víctor Peralta Ruiz and Marta Irurozqui Victoriano. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2000. Pp. 277. Tables. Notes. References. No price.

States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940. By Stuart McCook. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Pp. 201. Images. Map. Bibliography. Notes. Index. $50.00 cloth; $22.95 paper.

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