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Volume 61 - October 2004

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The Cultural Geography of Colonial American Literatures: Empire, Travel, Modernity. By Ralph Bauer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xiii, 295. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $65.00 cloth.

The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel. By Raymond Leslie Williams. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Pp. xi, 266. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $40.00 cloth.

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Jerarquía territorial y transición política: Guanajuato, 1790-1836. By José Antonio Serrano Ortega. Zamora, Mexico: El Colegio de Michoacán, 2001. Pp. 356. Notes. Bibliography. Index. No Price.

Revolution in Mexico's Heartland: Politics, War, and State Building in Puebla, 1913-1920. By David G. LaFrance. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003. Pp. xxv, 305. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth.

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National Rhythms, African Roots: The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance. By John Charles Chasteen. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. Pp. xi, 257. Illustrations. Glossary. Notes. Index. $45.00 cloth; $22.95 paper.

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Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion, & the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala. By Martha Few. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 188. Illustrations. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth; $19.95 paper.

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Rockin’ Las Américas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America. Edited by Deborah Pacini Hernández, Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste, and Eric Zolov. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 420. Illustrations. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $60.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.

Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution. By Alma Guillermoprieto. Translated by Esther Allen. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Pp. 290. $25.00 cloth.

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The Silver King: The Remarkable Life of the Count of Regla in Colonial Mexico. By Edith Boorstein Couturier. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Pp. x, 224. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth; $22.95 paper.

Church and State Education in Revolutionary Mexico City. By Patience A. Schell. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2003. Pp. xxv, 253. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $50.00 cloth.

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Modelando corazones: sentimentalismo y urbanidad en la novela hispanoamericana del siglo XIX. By María Fernanda Lander. Rosario, Argentina: Beatriz Viterbo Editora, 2003. Pp. 223. Notes. Bibliography. No price.

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The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930: Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth. Edited by Jeffrey L. Bortz and Stephen Haber. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002. Pp. xvii, 348. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00 cloth; $25.95 paper.

El Oriente cubano durante el gobierno del obispo Joaquín de Osés y Alzúa (1790-1823). By Ana Irisarri Aguirre. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, 2003. Pp. 372. Maps. Tables. Graphs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Appendix. No price.

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The Cultures of the Hispanic Caribbean. Edited by Conrad James and John Perivolaris. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. Pp.xvi, 280. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $55.00 cloth.

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Nicaragua's Conservative Republic, 1858-93. By Arturo J. Cruz. New York: Palgrave, 2002. Pp. xv, 196. Notes. Index. $69.95 cloth.

Order Against Progress: Government, Foreign Investment and Railroads in Brazil, 1854-1913. By William R. Summerhill. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. Pp. xv, 297. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $60.00 cloth.

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Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity & Tradition. By Stephan Palmié. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 399. Notes. References. Index. $74.95 cloth; $23.95 paper.

Maya Medicine: Traditional Healing in Yucatán. By Marianna Appel Kunow. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Pp. vii, 152. Illustrations. Tables. Bibliography. Appendices. Index. $29.95 cloth.

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