Contributors
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): v-vi (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-v [PDF]  

Articles

Margaret Chowning

Convent Reform, Catholic Reform, and Bourbon Reform in Eighteenth-Century New Spain: The View from the Nunnery
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 1-38 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-1 [PDF]  

Brian P. Owensby

How Juan and Leonor Won Their Freedom: Litigation and Liberty in Seventeenth-Century Mexico
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 39-80 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-39 [PDF]  

David Guillet

Customary Law and the Nationalist Project in Spain and Peru
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 81-114 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-81 [PDF]  

Book Reviews

   General

Brian R. Larkin

Church and Society in Spanish America
Church and Society in Spanish America. By A. C. VAN OSS. Preface by B.H. SLICHER VAN BATH. CEDLA Latin American Studies, vol. 90. Amsterdam: Aksant Academic Publishers, 2003. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. xiv, 215 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 115-116 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-115 [PDF]  

Bernardo García Martínez

Historia general de América Latina. Vol. 4, Procesos americanos hacia la redefi nición colonial
Historia general de América Latina. Vol. 4, Procesos americanos hacia la redefi nición colonial. Edited by ENRIQUE TANDETER. Coedited by JORGE HIDALGO LEHUEDE. Paris: UNESCO, 2000. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Indexes. 671 pp.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 117-118 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-117 [PDF]  

Scott A. Ickes

The History of Brazil
The History of Brazil. By ROBERT M. LEVINE. The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. New York: St. Martin's, 2003. Map. Notes. Index. xiv, 208 pp. Paper, $18.85.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 119-120 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-119 [PDF]  

Arnold J. Bauer

The History of Chile
The History of Chile. By JOHN L. RECTOR. The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. Map. Glossary. Index. xxxi, 279 pp. Cloth, $45.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 120-121 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-120 [PDF]  

Robinson Herrera

Infamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin America
Infamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin America. Edited by PETE SIGAL. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Illustrations. Tables. Index. viii, 233 pp. Cloth, $50.00. Paper, $20.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 122-123 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-122 [PDF]  

Marc Becker

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey. By ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA. New York: Ocean Press, 2003. Photographs. Appendix. 175 pp. Paper, $14.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 123-125 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-123 [PDF]  

Thomas E. Sherida

Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas, 1500–1820
Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas, 1500–1820. Edited by CHRISTINE DANIELS and MICHAEL V. KENNEDY. New York: Routledge, 2002. Tables. Notes. Index. vii, 328 pp. Paper, $19.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 125-127 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-125 [PDF]  

Karen Racine

Simón Bolívar: Liberation and Disappointment
Simón Bolívar: Liberation and Disappointment. By DAVID BUSHNELL. Library of World Biography. New York: Longman Publishers, 2003. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Glossary. Index. xii, 226 pp. Paper. $26.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 127-128 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-127 [PDF]  

Daniel T. Reff

Soldiers of God: The Jesuits in Colonial America, 1565–1767
Soldiers of God: The Jesuits in Colonial America, 1565–1767. By NICHOLAS P. CUSHNER. Buffalo, NY: Language Communications, 2002 (2001). Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 402 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 129-130 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-129 [PDF]  

David Sowell

Entre la marginalidad social y los orígenes de la salud pública: Leprosos, curanderos y facultativos en el Valle Central de Costa Rica (1784–1845)
Entre la marginalidad social y los orígenes de la salud pública: Leprosos, curanderos y facultativos en el Valle Central de Costa Rica (1784–1845). By ANA PAULINA MALAVASSI AGUILAR. San José: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2003. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxv, 278 pp. Cloth.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 130-131 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-130 [PDF]  

   Background

Blanca Muratorio

Construir una imagen: Visión europea del indígena americano
Construir una imagen: Visión europea del indígena americano. By MARÍA DEL MAR RAMÍREZ ALVARADO. Colección América, no. 4. Seville: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas / Fundación El Monte, 2001. Illustrations. Bibliography. iii, 253 pp.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 132-133 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-132 [PDF]  

Karen B. Graubart

Signs of the Inca Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records
Signs of the Inca Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records. By GARY URTON. The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xi, 202 pp. Cloth, $40.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 133-134 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-133 [PDF]  

   Colonial Period

Margaret M. Olsen

The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca
The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca. By ALVAR NÚÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA. Edited, translated, and with an introduction by ROLENA ADORNO and PATRICK CHARLES PAUTZ. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Illustration. Maps. Table. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. vii, 204 pp. Paper, $15.95. Cloth, $45.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 135-136 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-135 [PDF]  

Charlotte M. Gradie

Lost Shores, Forgotten Peoples: Spanish Explorations of the South East Mayan Lowlands
Lost Shores, Forgotten Peoples: Spanish Explorations of the South East Mayan Lowlands. Edited and translated by LAWRENCE H. FELDMAN. Chronicles of the New World Encounter; Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. Illustrations. Maps. Appendixes. Notes. Index. xxiv, 269 pp. Cloth, $54.95. Paper, $18.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 137-138 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-137 [PDF]  

Neill Macaulay

A corte no exílio: Civilização e poder no Brasil ás vésperas da independência (1808 a 1821)
A corte no exílio: Civilização e poder no Brasil ás vésperas da independência (1808 a 1821). By JURANDIR MALERBA. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2000. Plates. Illustration. Appendix. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. 412 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 138-139 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-138 [PDF]  

Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert

Cartagena de Indias y la región histórica del Caribe, 1580–1640
Cartagena de Indias y la región histórica del Caribe, 1580–1640. By ANTONINO VIDAL ORTEGA. Seville: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas / Universidad de Sevilla / Diputación de Sevilla, 2002. Illustrations. Maps. Figure. Bibliography. 323 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 140-141 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-140 [PDF]  

David J. Robinson

Tierra y comunidad un problema irresuelto: El caso del altiplano cundiboyacense (Virreinato de la Nueva Granada) 1750–1800
Tierra y comunidad un problema irresuelto: El caso del altiplano cundiboyacense (Virreinato de la Nueva Granada) 1750–1800. By DIANA BONNET VÉLEZ. Colección Espiral. Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, 2002. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendix. Bibliography. 318 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 141-143 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-141 [PDF]  

David T. Garrett

Elites inddígenas en los Andes: Nobles, caciques y cabildantes bajo el yugo colonial
Elites inddígenas en los Andes: Nobles, caciques y cabildantes bajo el yugo colonial. Edited by DAVID CAHILL and BLANCA TOVÍAS. Quito: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 2003. Tables. Notes. 263 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 143-144 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-143 [PDF]  

Michael T. Hamerly

Procesos y visitas de idolatrías: Cajatambo, siglo XVIII
Procesos y visitas de idolatrías: Cajatambo, siglo XVIII. By PIERRE DUVIOLS. Travaux de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, no. 143. Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2003. Maps. Tables. Appendix. Bibliographies. Index. 882 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 145-146 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-145 [PDF]  

Pedro M. Guibovich-Pérez

The Jesuit and the Incas: The Extraordinary Life of Padre Blas Valera, S.J
The Jesuit and the Incas: The Extraordinary Life of Padre Blas Valera, S.J. By SABINE HYLAND. History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. Photographs. Illustrations. Map. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xv, 269 pp. Cloth, $30.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 147-149 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-147 [PDF]  

   National Period

Alejandro De La Fuente

Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868–1898
Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868–1898. By ADA FERRER. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xi, 273 pp. Cloth, $55.00. Paper, $18.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 149-151 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-149 [PDF]  

Claudia Guarisco

The Other Rebellion: Popular Violence, Ideology, and the Mexican Struggle for Independence, 1810–1821
The Other Rebellion: Popular Violence, Ideology, and the Mexican Struggle for Independence, 1810–1821. By ERIC VAN YOUNG. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvii, 702 pp. Paper, $29.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 151-153 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-151 [PDF]  

Bonnie D. Fors

La Gran Bretaña frente al México amenazado, 1835–1848
La Gran Bretaña frente al México amenazado, 1835–1848. By JOSEFINA ZORAIDA VÁZQUEZ. Mexico City: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, 2002. Bibliography. Index. 206 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 153-154 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-153 [PDF]  

Irving W. Levinson

Sueñan las piedras: Alzamiento occurido en la ciudado de México, 14, 15 y 16 de septiembre de 1847
Sueñan las piedras: Alzamiento occurido en la ciudado de México, 14, 15 y 16 de septiembre de 1847. By LUIS FERNANDO GRANADOS. Problemas de México. Mexico City: Ediciones Era / Conaculta / INAH, 2003. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. 173 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 155-156 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-155 [PDF]  

Allen Wells

Los aguafi estas: Desafíos a la hegemonía de la élite yucateca, 1867–1910
Los aguafi estas: Desafíos a la hegemonía de la élite yucateca, 1867–1910. Edited by PIEDAD PENICHE RIVERO and FELIPE ESCALANTE TIÓ. Mérida: Archivo General del Estado de Yucatán, 2002. Photograph. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. 238 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 156-158 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-156 [PDF]  

John J. Dwyer

México y las conferencias panamericanas, 1889–1938: Antecedentes de la globalización
México y las conferencias panamericanas, 1889–1938: Antecedentes de la globalización. Edited by CARLOS MARICHAL. Mexico City: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, 2002. Tables. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. 233 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 158-160 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-158 [PDF]  

Michael J. Gonzales

Militarism, Ethnicity, and Politics in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, 1917–1930
Militarism, Ethnicity, and Politics in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, 1917–1930. By KEITH BREWSTER. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2003. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 216 pp. Cloth, $47.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 160-162 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-160 [PDF]  

Andrew Wood

Mexico under Siege: Popular Resistance to Presidential Despotism
Mexico under Siege: Popular Resistance to Presidential Despotism. By DONALD HODGES and ROSS GANDY. London: Zed Books, 2002. Map. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. xvii, 268 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 162-164 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-162 [PDF]  

Donna Lee Van Cott

Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias: The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion
Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias: The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion. Edited by JAN RUS, ROSALVA AÍDA HERNÁNDEZ CASTILLO, and SHANNAN L. MATTIACE. Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefi eld, 2003. Photographs. Maps. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvii, 306 pp. Cloth, $89.00. Paper, $34.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 164-165 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-164 [PDF]  

Thomas L. Pearcy

A People Who Would Not Kneel: Panama, the United States, and the San Blas Kuna
A People Who Would Not Kneel: Panama, the United States, and the San Blas Kuna. By JAMES HOWE. Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. Photographs. Maps. Bibliography. Index. x, 390. Paper, $19.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 166-168 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-166 [PDF]  

Martha S. Santos

The Realities of Images: Imperial Brazil and the Great Drought
The Realities of Images: Imperial Brazil and the Great Drought. By GERALD GREENFIELD. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 91, pt. 1. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2001. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxvi, 148 pp. $20.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 168-169 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-168 [PDF]  

Eduardo Sáenz Rovner

El arduo tránsito hacia la modernidad: Historia de la industria textil colombiana durante la primera mitad del siglo XX
El arduo tránsito hacia la modernidad: Historia de la industria textil colombiana durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. By SANTIAGO MONTENEGRO. Medellín: Universidad Nacional de Colombia / Editorial Universidad de Antioquia / CEDE-Uniandes / Grupo Editorial Norma, 2002. Tables. Appendixes. Index. xxvii, 368 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 170-171 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-170 [PDF]  

Heraclio Bonilla

La invención política: Bolivia, Ecuador, Perú en el siglo XIX
La invención política: Bolivia, Ecuador, Perú en el siglo XIX. By MARIE-DANIELLE DEMÉLAS. Travaux de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines. Lima: Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos / Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2003. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Bibliography. Index. 653 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 172-173 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-172 [PDF]  

Víctor Peralta Ruiz

La Independencia del Perú y el fantasma de la revolución
La Independencia del Perú y el fantasma de la revolución. By GUSTAVO MONTOYA. Colección Mínima. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2002. Bibliography. 197 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 173-175 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-173 [PDF]  

Daniel Masterson

La revolución peruana: Ideología y práctica política de un gobierno militar, 1968–1975
La revolución peruana: Ideología y práctica política de un gobierno militar, 1968–1975. By JUAN MARTÍN SÁNCHEZ. Seville: Universidad de Sevilla, 2002. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. 286 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 175-177 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-175 [PDF]  

Gerardo Leibner

Historia e historiadores en el Uruguay del siglo XX
Historia e historiadores en el Uruguay del siglo XX. By CARLOS ZUBILLAGA. Montevideo: Librería de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, 2002. Tables. Bibliography. 425 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 177-179 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-177 [PDF]  

Joel Horowitz

A History of Organized Labor in Argentina
A History of Organized Labor in Argentina. By ROBERT J. ALEXANDER. With the Collaboration of eldon m. parker. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. Bibliography. Index. xi, 243 pp. Cloth, $64.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 179-180 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-179 [PDF]  

Margarita Del Olmo

Contentious Lives: Two Argentine Women, Two Protests, and the Quest for Recognition
Contentious Lives: Two Argentine Women, Two Protests, and the Quest for Recognition. By JAVIER AUYERO. Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, Nations. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xv, 230 pp. Paper, $18.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 181-182 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-181 [PDF]  

Patrick Barr-Melej

Cultura de masas: Reforma y nacionalismo en Chile, 1910–1931
Cultura de masas: Reforma y nacionalismo en Chile, 1910–1931. By STEFAN RINKE. Santiago: Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos, 2002. Photographs. Illustrations. Bibliography. 174 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 182-183 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-182 [PDF]  

   Comparative and International

Haim Avni

Argentina, Israel, and the Jews: Perón, The Eichmann Capture, and After
Argentina, Israel, and the Jews: Perón, The Eichmann Capture, and After. By RAANAN REIN. Translated by MARTHA GRENZEBACK. Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture. College Park: University Press of Maryland, 2003. Tables. Bibliography. Index. xxi, 275 pp. Paper, $25.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 183-185 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-183 [PDF]  

Christopher Vecsey

Being-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place: An Anthropologist's Account of Christian Performance in Spanish America and the American South
Being-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place: An Anthropologist's Account of Christian Performance in Spanish America and the American South. By MILES RICHARDSON. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Plate. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. 414 pp. Cloth, $49.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 85(1): 185-186 (2005); DOI:10.1215/00182168-85-1-185 [PDF]  

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