Contributors
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): v-vi (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-88-2-v [PDF]  

In This Issue
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 167-168 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-88-2-167 [PDF]  

Forum on “Bargaining for Absolutism” by Alejandra Irigoin and Regina Grafe

Richard J. Salvucci

Introduction to a Forum on "Bargaining for Absolutism"
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 169-171 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-116 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alejandra Irigoin and Regina Grafe

Bargaining for Absolutism: A Spanish Path to Nation-State and Empire Building
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 173-209 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-117 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carlos Marichal

Rethinking Negotiation and Coercion in an Imperial State
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 211-218 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-118 [Abstract] [PDF]  

William R. Summerhill

Fiscal Bargains, Political Institutions, and Economic Performance
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 219-233 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-119 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alejandra Irigoin and Regina Grafe

Response to Carlos Marichal and William Summerhill
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 235-245 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-159 [PDF]  

Article

Mark Thurner

Jorge Basadre's "Peruvian History of Peru," or the Poetic Aporia of Historicism
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 247-283 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-120 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Obituary

María Teresa Fernández Aceves

Carmen Castañeda García (1941–2007)
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 285-287 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-121 [PDF]  

Book Reviews

   General

Nicolas Shumway

Nightmares of the Lettered City: Banditry and Literature in Latin America, 1816–1929.
Nightmares of the Lettered City: Banditry and Literature in Latin America, 1816–1929. By JUAN PABLO DABOVE. Illuminations: Studies in Cultural Formations of the Americas. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007. Notes. Bibliography. Index. x, 381 pp. Paper, $27.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 289-290 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-122 [PDF]  

Steve Ellner

Latin America at the Crossroads: Domination, Crisis, Popular Movements, and Political Alternatives.
Latin America at the Crossroads: Domination, Crisis, Popular Movements, and Political Alternatives. By ROBERTO REGALADO. Melbourne: Ocean Press, 2007. Notes. Bibliography, 263 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 291-292 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-123 [PDF]  

Richard J. Walter

A los cuatro vientos: Las ciudades de la América hispánica.
A los cuatro vientos: Las ciudades de la América hispánica. By MANUEL LUCENA GIRALDO. Ambos mundos. Madrid: Fundación Carolina, Centro de Estudios Hispánicos e Iberoamericanos / Marcial Pons Historia, 2006. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes. 245 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 293-294 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-124 [PDF]  

Michael R. Hall

El azúcar en América Latina y el Caribe: Cambio tecnológico, trabajo, mercado mundial y economía azucarera: Perspectiva histórica y problemas actuales.
El azúcar en América Latina y el Caribe: Cambio tecnológico, trabajo, mercado mundial y economía azucarera: Perspectiva histórica y problemas actuales. Coordinated by HORACIO CRESPO. Mexico City: Senado de la República, 2006. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. 586 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 294-295 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-125 [PDF]  

Joan Meznar

Needs of the Heart: A Social and Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy and Seminaries.
Needs of the Heart: A Social and Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy and Seminaries. By KENNETH P. SERBIN. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. Photographs. Illustration. Map. Tables. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xix, 476 pp. Cloth, $60.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 296-297 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-126 [PDF]  

   Background

Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

The Spanish Letter of Columbus: A Facsimile of the Original Edition Published by Bernard Quaritch in 1891.
The Spanish Letter of Columbus: A Facsimile of the Original Edition Published by Bernard Quaritch in 1891. By BERNARD QUARITCH and MICHAEL KERNEY. Edited by ANTHONY PAYNE. Introduction by FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO. London: Quaritch, 2006. li, 33 pp. Illustrations. £60.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 298-299 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-127 [PDF]  

Cristián A. Roa-De-La-Carrera

Writing from the Edge of the World: The Memoirs of Darién, 1514–1527.
Writing from the Edge of the World: The Memoirs of Darién, 1514–1527. By GONZALO FERNÁNDEZ DE OVIEDO. Translated and with an introduction by G. F. DILLE. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 218 pp. Paper, $22.50.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 299-300 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-128 [PDF]  

Tamar Herzog

Desde la otra orilla: Cartas de Indias en el Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid (Siglos XVI–XVIII).
Desde la otra orilla: Cartas de Indias en el Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid (Siglos XVI–XVIII). Edited by MA. DEL CARMEN MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ. Tradición clásica y humanística en España e Iberoamérica, 4. León, Spain: Universidad de León, 2007. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes. 759 pp. Cloth.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 301 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-129 [PDF]  

Pete Sigal

The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya.
The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya. By STEPHEN HOUSTON, DAVID STUART, and KARL TAUBE. Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Photographs. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. 324 pp. Cloth, $55.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 302-303 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-130 [PDF]  

   Colonial Period

Jordana Dym

Crisis atlántica: Autonomía e independencia en la crisis de la monarquía hispana.;El sueño criollo: La formación del doble constitucionalismo en el País Vasco y Navarra.
Crisis atlántica: Autonomía e independencia en la crisis de la monarquía hispana. By JOSÉ MARÍA PORTILLO VALDÉS. Madrid: Fundación Carolina, Centro de Estudios Hispánicos e Iberoamericanos, Marcial Pons Historia, 2006. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 318 pp. Paper.
El sueño criollo: La formación del doble constitucionalismo en el País Vasco y Navarra. By JOSÉ MARÍA PORTILLO VALDÉS. San Sebastián: Editorial Nerea, 2006. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 244 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 304-306 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-131 [PDF]  

Lawrence Gutman

War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895–1898.
War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895–1898. By JOHN LAWRENCE TONE. Envisioning Cuba. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 338 pp. Cloth, $35.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 306-308 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-132 [PDF]  

Matthew O'Hara

Local Religion in Colonial Mexico.
Local Religion in Colonial Mexico. Edited by MARTIN AUSTIN NESVIG. Diálogos. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Index. xxvii, 289 pp. Paper, $24.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 308-309 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-133 [PDF]  

Winthrop Wright

Black Blood Brothers: Confraternities and Social Mobility for Afro-Mexicans.
Black Blood Brothers: Confraternities and Social Mobility for Afro-Mexicans. By NICOLE VON GERMETEN. Foreword by STEPHEN W. ANGELL and ANTHONY B. PINN. The History of African-American Religions. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006. Map. Tables. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiv, 287 pp. Cloth, $55.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 310-311 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-134 [PDF]  

Martina Will de Chaparro

The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil.
The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil. By MALCOLM EBRIGHT and RICK HENDRICKS. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Photographs. Illustrations. Appendixes. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 344 pp. Paper, $21.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 311-312 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-135 [PDF]  

   National Period

Lyman L. Johnson

To Die in Cuba: Suicide and Society.
To Die in Cuba: Suicide and Society. By LOUIS A. PÉREZ JR. H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Notes. Index. xiv, 463 pp. Cloth, $39.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 313-315 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-136 [PDF]  

Frank Safford

Ensayos de historia política de Colombia, siglos XIX y XX.
Ensayos de historia política de Colombia, siglos XIX y XX. By DAVID BUSHNELL. Medellín: La Carreta Editores E.U., 2006. Plates. Notes. 195 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 315-317 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-137 [PDF]  

Eduardo Elena

Argentina: What Went Wrong.
Argentina: What Went Wrong. By COLIN M. MACLACHLAN. Foreword by DOUGLAS BRINKLEY. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 221 pp. Cloth, $49.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 317-318 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-138 [PDF]  

Alistair Hattingh

Argentina en el siglo XIX.
Argentina en el siglo XIX. Coordinated by PABLO YANKELEVICH, CELINA BONINI, JORGE CERNADAS, DAMIÁN LÓPEZ MARTÍN, and ROBERTO VILLARRUEL. Mexico City: Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José Luis Mora, 2005. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 423 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 318-320 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-139 [PDF]  

Pablo Ben

Chimneys in the Desert: Industrialization in Argentina during the Export Boom Years, 1870–1930.
Chimneys in the Desert: Industrialization in Argentina during the Export Boom Years, 1870–1930. By FERNANDO ROCCHI. Social Science History. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. Map. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xviii, 394 pp. Cloth, $70.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 320-322 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-140 [PDF]  

María Inés Tato

Los Artistas del Pueblo: Prints and Worker's Culture in Buenos Aires, 1917–1935.
Los Artistas del Pueblo: Prints and Worker's Culture in Buenos Aires, 1917–1935. By PATRICK FRANK. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Photographs. Illustrations. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. ix, 312 pp. Cloth, $50.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 322-323 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-141 [PDF]  

Marshall C. Eakin

Brazil since 1980.
Brazil since 1980. By FRANCISCO VIDAL LUNA and HERBERT S. KLEIN. The World since 1980. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiv, 267 pp. Cloth, $75.00. Paper, $21.99.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 324-325 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-142 [PDF]  

Bryan Mccann

Vargas and Brazil: New Perspectives.
Vargas and Brazil: New Perspectives. Edited by JENS R. HENTSCHKE. Studies of the Americas. New York: Palgrave, 2006. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Index. xiv, 306 pp. Cloth, $74.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 326-327 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-143 [PDF]  

David K. Burden

El Porfiriato.
El Porfiriato. By MAURICIO TENORIO TRILLO and AURORA GÓMEZ GALVARRIATO. Herramientas para la historia. Mexico City: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Fondo de la Cultural Económica, 2006. Notes. Bibliography. 166 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 328-329 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-144 [PDF]  

Carlos Bravo-Regidor

La oposición política: Otra cara del siglo XX mexicano.
La oposición política: Otra cara del siglo XX mexicano. By ELISA SERVÍN. Herramientas para la historia. Mexico City: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2006. Notes. Bibliography. 136 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 329-330 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-145 [PDF]  

Paul Vanderwood

The Battle of Tomochic: Memoirs of a Second Lieutenant.
The Battle of Tomochic: Memoirs of a Second Lieutenant. By HERIBERTO FRÍAS. Translated by BARBARA JAMISON. Introduction by ANTONIO SABORIT. Library of Latin America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Notes. xlii, 159 pp. Paper, $15.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 331-332 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-146 [PDF]  

Josefina Zoraida Vázquez

José María de Jesús Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican Revolutionary.
José María de Jesús Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican Revolutionary. By JOSEPH E. CHANCE. San Antonio, Trinity University Press, 2006. Map. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xi, 283 pp. Cloth, $ 35.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 333-334 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-147 [PDF]  

   International and Comparative

Douglass Sullivan-González

From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State, and Federation in Central America, 1759–1839.
From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State, and Federation in Central America, 1759–1839. By JORDANA DYM. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxxi, 390 pp. Cloth, $45.00
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 335-336 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-148 [PDF]  

José Carlos Chiaramonte

La formación de los estados en la cuenca del Plata: Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay.
La formación de los estados en la cuenca del Plata: Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay. By LUIZ ALBERTO MONIZ BANDEIRA. Translated by MIGUEL GRINBERG. Tiempo de Cambio. Buenos Aires: Grupo Editorial Norma, 2006. Notes. Bibliographies. 326 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 336-338 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-149 [PDF]  

José R. Deustua

La mirada esquiva: Reflexiones históricas sobre la interacción del estado y la cuidadanía en los Andes (Bolivia, Ecuador y Perú), siglo XIX.
La mirada esquiva: Reflexiones históricas sobre la interacción del estado y la cuidadanía en los Andes (Bolivia, Ecuador y Perú), siglo XIX. Edited by MARTA IRUROZQUI VICTORIANO. Biblioteca de Historia de América, no. 35. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2005. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. 385 pp. Paper.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 338-340 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-150 [PDF]  

José C. Moya

De Europa a las Américas: Dirigentes y liderazgos (1880–1960).
De Europa a las Américas: Dirigentes y liderazgos (1880–1960). Edited by ALICIA BERNASCONI and CARINA FRID. Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos, 2006. 243 pp.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 340-341 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-151 [PDF]  

Linda Gordon

Fugitive Landscapes: The Forgotten History of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.
Fugitive Landscapes: The Forgotten History of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. By SAMUEL TRUETT. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xii, 257 pp. Cloth, $40.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 342-343 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-152 [PDF]  

Cynthia Mcclintock

State and Society in Conflict: Comparative Perspectives on Andean Crises.
State and Society in Conflict: Comparative Perspectives on Andean Crises. Edited by PAUL W. DRAKE and ERIC HERSHBERG. Pitt Latin American Series. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. Tables. Notes. Bibliographies. Index. x, 324 pp. Paper, $24.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 343-345 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-153 [PDF]  

David Scott Palmer

Addicted to Failure: U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region.
Addicted to Failure: U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region. Edited by BRIAN LOVEMAN. Latin American Silhouettes: Studies in History and Culture. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. Photographs. Tables. Map. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxiii, 367 pp. Cloth, $72.00. Paper, $27.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 345-346 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-154 [PDF]  

Glenn J. Dorn

Argentina and the United States: An Alliance Contained.
Argentina and the United States: An Alliance Contained. By DAVID M. K. SHEININ. The United States and the Americas. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2006. Notes. Bibliographical essay. Index. xii, 285 pp. Cloth, $59.95. Paper, $22.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 347-348 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-155 [PDF]  

Thomas E. Skidmore

Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths?
Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths? By G. REGINALD DANIEL. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. Figure. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 365 pp. Cloth, $55.00.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 348-349 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-156 [PDF]  

Frances R. Aparicio

From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz.
From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz. By RAÚL A. FERNÁNDEZ. Music of the African Diaspora, 10. Berkeley: University of California Press / Chicago: Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, 2006. Photographs. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xv, 199 pp. Cloth, $50.00. Paper, $19.95.
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 350-351 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-157 [PDF]  

Communications

Ralph Bauer

Communications
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 353-354 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-160 [PDF]  

Susan Elizabeth Ramírez

Communications
Hispanic American Historical Review 88(2): 355-356 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00182168-2007-161 [PDF]  

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