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Volume 61 - Issue 2 - October 2004

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The Guatemalan Military Project: A Violence Called Democracy. By Jennifer Schirmer. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. Pp. 344. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $22.50 paper.

Change the World Without Taking Power: The Meaning of Revolution Today. By John Holloway. London and Sterling, VA: Pluto Books, 2002. Pp. viii, 237. Notes. Bibliography. Indices. $24.95 paper.

Latin America in the 21st Century. Toward a New Sociopolitical Matrix. By Manuel Antonio Garretón, Marcelo Cavarozzi, Peter S. Cleaves, Gary Gereffi, and Jonathan Hartlyn. Miami FL: North-South Center Press/University of Miami, 2003. Pp. iv, 148. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $17.95 paper.

Mexico Under Siege: Popular Resistance to Presidential Despotism. By Donald Hodges and Ross Gandy. New York: Zed Books, 2002. Pp. xvii, 268. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $69.95 cloth; $25.00.

From Martyrdom to Power: The Partido Acción Nacional in Mexico. By Yemile Mizrahi. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 211. Figures. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth; $22.00 paper.

Electoral Competition and Institutional Change in Mexico. By Caroline C. Beer. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 194. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth; $20.00 paper.

Stuffing the Ballot Box: Fraud, Electoral Reform, and Democratization in Costa Rica. By Fabrice E. Lehoucq and Ivan Molina. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. xvi, 277. Tables. Notes. Index. $60.00 cloth.

Mesolore: Exploring Mesoamerican Culture. CD-ROM created by Liza Bakewell and Byron Hamann. Providence: Brown University, 2001. 2CDs. $39.95.

Maya Palaces and Elite Residences: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Edited by Jessica Joyce Christie. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Pp. x, 340. Illustrations. Notes. References. Index. $50.00 cloth.

Four Creations: An Epic Story of the Chiapas Mayas. By Gary H. Gossen. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. Pp. lix, 1134. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $99.95 cloth.

Documentary Films

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In Cane for Life. Directed by Jorge Wolney Attala. New York: The Cinema Guild, Inc., 2001. 69 min. VHS. Portuguese with English subtitles. $350.00 purchase; $95.00 rental.

Choropampa: The Price of Gold. Directed by Ernest Cabellos and Stephanie Boyd. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, 2002. 78 min. VHS. $440.00 sale; $100.00 rental.

Through Your Eyes (A Traves de Tus Ojos). Directed and Produced by Eva Urrutia and Guillermina Buzio. Les Petites Production, Canada/Peru, 2002, 9 min. Independently Distributed. Price Not Available.

Hidden in Plain Sight. Directed by John Smihula. Produced by Vivi Letsou and John H. Smihula. San Francisco: Raven's Call Productions, 2003. 71 min. $250.00 VHS; $295.00 DVD.

Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos. Directed by Saul Landau and Sonia Angulo. New York: The Cinema Guild, 2000. 55 min. Color VHS. $295.00 purchase; $95.00 rental.

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