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Volume 49 - Issue 3 - January 1993

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The Invention of Argentina. By Nicolas Shumway. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 325. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $34.95.)

Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires: Prostitution, Family, and Nation in Argentina. By Donna J. Guy. [Engendering Latin America: A Series, Volume 1.] (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 260. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. No price.)

Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice. By Francesca Miller. (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1991. Pp. 309. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. No price.)

Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sāo Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900. By Muriel Nazzari. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991. Pp. xx, 245. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $35.00.)

Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader. Volume One: The Years 1914-1960. By John W.F. Dulles. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Pp. xvi, 495. Photographs. Maps. Notes. Index. $40.00.)

Brazil and the Soviet Union Challenge, 1917-1947. By Stanley E. Hilton. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Pp. xvi, 287. Bibliography. Index. Notes. $37.50.)

A Space for Science: The Development of the Scientific Community in Brazil. By Simon Schwartzman. (University Park: Penn State University Press, 1991. Pp. x, 286. Tables. Appendix. Bibliographical references. Index. $32.50.)

Kingdoms Come: Religion and Politics in Brazil. By Rowan Ireland. [Pitt Latin American Series.] (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 262. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $39.95.)

Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution. By Thomas C. Wright. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991. Pp. xiv, 236. Map. Bibliography. Index. $49.95.)

Militarism and Politics in Latin America: Peru from Sánchez Cerro to Sendero Luminoso. By Daniel M. Masterson. [Contributions in Military Studies, No. 111.] (Westport: Greenwood Press, Inc., 1991. Pp. xiii, 345. Illustrations. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $47.95.)

El papel de la iglesia en la caída de Stroessner. By Miguel Carter. (Asunción: RP ediciones, 1991. Pp. 168. Bibliography. Index. No price.)

The Presidency in Mexican Politics. By George Philip. (New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1992. Pp. viii, 213. Notes. References. Glossary. Index. $59.95.)

Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica. By Theodore S. Creedman. (Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1991. Pp. xxii, 338. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. No price.)

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