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Slavery and the Economy of São Paulo, 1750-1850. By Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S. Klein. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 273. Tables. Maps. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $60.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.

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The Political Power of the Word: Press and Oratory in Nineteenth-Century Latin America. Edited by Iván Jaksic. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 2002. Pp. 162. Notes. Bibliography. $19.95 paper.

Cultivating Coffee: The Farmers of Carazo, Nicaragua, 1880-1930. By Julie A. Charlip. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 288. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $28.00 paper.

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Transcending Conquest: Nahua Views of Spanish Colonial Mexico. By Stephanie Wood. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 212. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $34.95, cloth.

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After Spanish Rule: Postcolonial Predicaments of the Americas. Edited by Mark Thurner and Andrés Guerrero. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. Pp. xv, 357. Notes. Contributors. Index. $79.95 cloth; $22.95 paper.

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Elites intelectuales y modelos colectivos. Mundo ibérico (sighs xvi-xix). Edited by Mónica Quijada and Jesús Bustamante. Madrid: CSIC, 2002. Pp. 390. Notes. Illustrations. Bibliography.

Rereading the Conquest: Power, Politics, and the History of Early Colonial Michoacán, Mexico, 1521-1565. By James Krippner-Martínez. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. Pp. xiii, 222. Bibliography. Notes. Index. $35.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.

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Una imprenta de provincia: El taller de los Sibaja en Alajuela, Costa Rica (1867-1969). By Iván Molina Jiménez. Alajuela, Costa Rica: Juan Santamaría, 2002. Pp. 279. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. No price.

From Rebellion to Independence in the Andes: Soundings from Southern Peru, 1750-1830. By David Cahill. Amsterdam: Aksant, 2002. Pp. xiii, 215. Notes. Index. $32.95 paper.

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Wounds of Love: The Mystical Marriage of Saint Rose of Lima. By Frank Graziano. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xiv, 338. Notes. Index. $49.95 cloth.

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American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches. By Patricia Seed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. Pp. 344. Maps. Appendix. Notes. Index. $29.95 cloth.

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The Great Festivals of Colonial Mexico City: Performing Power and Identity. By Linda Curcio-Nagy. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. Pp. 222. Illustrations. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth; $21.95 paper.

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Chile: The Making of a Republic 1830-1865. By Simon Collier. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi, 271. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth.

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One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark. By Colin G. Calloway. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Pp. xvii, 631. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $39.95 cloth.

Rosa limensis: Mística, política e iconografía en torno a la patrona de América. By Ramón Mujica Pinilla. Lima: IFEA, 2001. Pp.485. Illustrations. Notes. No Price.

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Masters of All They Surveyed: Exploration, Geography, and a British El Dorado. By D. Graham Burnett. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000. Pp. vx, 298. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth; $27.50 paper.

Right-Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, 1964-1973. By Margaret Power. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002. Pp. xxii, 311. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Appendix. Index. $65.00 cloth; $25.00 paper.

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Historical Sketch of the Catholic Church in New Mexico. By James H. Defouri. Edited by Thomas J. Steel, S.J. Rock Hill, SC: Yucca Tree Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 239. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $25.00 cloth.

The Birth of Modern Mexico 1780-1824. Edited by Christon I. Archer. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003. Pp xii, 257. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth.

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Muchas Hispanoaméricas. Antropología, historia y enfoques culturales en los estudios latinoamericanistas. Edited by Thomas Krüggeier and Ulrich Mücke. Madrid and Frankfurt: Iberoamericana and Vervuert Verlag, 2001. Pp. 224. Notes. Bibliography. €24.00 paper.

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