Journal of Latin American Studies

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  Año 2009, Vol. 41, Número 2

  • Research Article

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      Seeing Like Citizens: Unofficial Understandings of Official Racial Categories in a Brazilian University

      Luisa Farah Schwartzman

      • Resumen

      págs. 221-250

      
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      Determinants of Judicial Independence: Lessons from Three ‘Cases’ of Constitutional Courts in Peru (1982–2007)

      Eduardo Dargent Bocanegra

      • Resumen

      págs. 251-278

      
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      Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America

      Leandro Prados de la Escosura

      • Resumen

      págs. 279-307

      
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      Macroeconomic Outcomes and the Relative Position of Argentina's Economy, 1875–2000

      Isabel Sanz Villarroya

      • Resumen

      págs. 309-346

      

  • Commentary

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      From Globalisation to Revolution? The Porfirian Political Economy: An Essay on Issues and Interpretations

      Paolo Riguzzi

      • Resumen

      págs. 347-368

      

  • Review

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      Rebecca Earle, The Return of the Native: Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America, 1810–1930 (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2008)

      Nicola Miller

      Es reseña de:

      • The Return of the Native: Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America, 1810–1930

        Rebecca Earle

        Durham : Duke University Press, 2008

      págs. 369-371

      
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      Jesús F. de la Teja and Ross Frank (eds.), Choice, Persuasion and Coercion: Social Control on Spain's North American Frontiers (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005)

      Leslie S. Offutt

      Es reseña de:

      • Choice, Persuasion and Coercion: Social Control on Spain's North American Frontiers

        Jesús F. de la Teja (ed. lit.), Ross Frank (ed. lit.)

        Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005

      págs. 371-373

      
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      Manuel Lucena Giraldo, A los cuatro vientos: Las ciudades de la América Hispánica (Madrid: Fundación Carolina; Centro de Estudios Hispánicos e Iberoamericanos; Marcial Pons Historia, 2006)

      Linda Newson

      Es reseña de:

      • A los cuatro vientos: Las ciudades de la América Hispánica

        Manuel Lucena Giraldo

        Madrid : Fundación Carolina, 2006

      págs. 374-375

      
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      Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster and Hilary Owen, South American Independence: Gender, Politics, Text (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2006)

      Julia Rodriguez

      Es reseña de:

      • South American Independence: Gender, Politics, Text

        Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, Hilary Owen

        Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2006

      págs. 375-377

      
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      Silvia Hunold Lara and Gustavo Pacheco (eds.), Memória do Jongo: As Gravações Históricas de Stanley J. Stein: Vassouras 1949 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Edições Folha Seca, 2007)

      Suzel Ana Reily

      Es reseña de:

      • Memória do Jongo: As Gravações Históricas de Stanley J. Stein: Vassouras 1949

        Silvia Hunold Lara (ed. lit.), Gustavo Pacheco (ed. lit.)

        Rio de Janeiro : Edições Folha Seca, 2007

      págs. 377-379

      
    • Seleccionado

      Maya Talmon-Chvaicer, The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008)

      Daniel Granada da Silva Ferreira

      Es reseña de:

      • The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance

        Maya Talmon-Chvaicer

        Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008

      págs. 379-380

      
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      Celso Castro, Vitor Izecksohn, Hendrik Kraay (eds.), Nova historia militar brasileira (Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora da Fundação Getúlio Vargas and Bom Texto, 2005)

      Matthias Röhrig Assunçâo

      Es reseña de:

      • Nova historia militar brasileira

        Vitor Izecksohn (ed. lit.), Hendrik Kraay (ed. lit.), Celso Castro (ed. lit.)

        Rio de Janeiro : Editora da Fundação Getúlio Vargas and Bom Texto, 2005

      págs. 380-383

      
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      Will Fowler, Santa Anna of Mexico (Lincoln, NE, and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2008)

      Donald F. Stevens

      Es reseña de:

      • Santa Anna of Mexico

        Will Fowler

        Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008

      págs. 383-385

      
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      Diego Armus, La ciudad impura: Salud, tuberculosis y cultura en Buenos Aires, 1870–1950 (Buenos Aires: Edhasa, 2007)

      Mariano Ben Plotkin

      Es reseña de:

      • La ciudad impura: Salud, tuberculosis y cultura en Buenos Aires, 1870–1950

        Diego Armus

        Buenos Aires : Edhasa, 2007

      págs. 386-387

      
    • Seleccionado

      Andrew Crawley, Somoza and Roosevelt: Good Neighbour Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1933–1945 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)

      Michael L. Krenn

      Es reseña de:

      • Somoza and Roosevelt: Good Neighbour Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1933–1945

        Andrew Crawley

        Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007

      págs. 387-389

      
    • Seleccionado

      Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Reassembling Social Security: A Survey of Pensions and Health Care Reforms in Latin America (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2008)

      Armando Barrientos

      Es reseña de:

      • Reassembling Social Security: A Survey of Pensions and Health Care Reforms in Latin America

        Carmelo Mesa-Lago

        Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008

      págs. 389-391

      
    • Seleccionado

      Jairo Luga-Ocando (ed.), The Media in Latin America (Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2008)

      James Painter

      Es reseña de:

      • The Media in Latin America

        Jairo Luga-Ocando

        Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2008

      págs. 391-393

      
    • Seleccionado

      Paul Freston (ed.), Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)

      Jon Wolseth

      Es reseña de:

      • Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America

        Paul Freston (ed. lit.)

        Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008

      págs. 393-394

      
    • Seleccionado

      Richard Bourne, Lula of Brazil: The Story So Far (London: Zed Books, 2008)

      Anthony Hall

      Es reseña de:

      • Lula of Brazil: The Story So Far

        Richard Bourne

        London : Zed Books, 2008

      págs. 395-396

      
    • Seleccionado

      Kevin B. Witherspoon, Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games (Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008)

      Elaine Carey

      Es reseña de:

      • Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games

        Kevin B. Witherspoon

        Dekalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2008

      págs. 396-398

      
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      Jonathan Schlefer, Palace Politics: How the Ruling Party Brought Crisis to Mexico (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008)

      Stephen D. Morris

      Es reseña de:

      • Palace Politics: How the Ruling Party Brought Crisis to Mexico

        Jonathan Schlefer

        Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008

      págs. 398-400

      
    • Seleccionado

      Harvey F. Kline, Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: The Peace Process of Colombian President Andrés Pastrana (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2007)

      Ralph Rozema

      Es reseña de:

      • Chronicle of a Failure Foretold: The Peace Process of Colombian President Andrés Pastrana

        Harvey F. Kline

        Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2007

      págs. 400-402

      
    • Seleccionado

      James Dunkerley, Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present (London: Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, 2007) / Forrest Hylton and Sinclair Thomson, Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics (London and New York: Verso, 2008)

      Andrew Canessa

      Es reseña de:

      • Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present

        James Dunkerley

        London : Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2007

      • Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics

        Forrest Hylton, Sinclair Sinclair Thomson

        London : Verso, 2008

      págs. 402-404

      
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      A. Kim Clark and Marc Becker, Highland Indians and the State in Modern Ecuador (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007)

      Donna Lee Van Cott

      Es reseña de:

      • Highland Indians and the State in Modern Ecuador

        A. Kim Clark, Marc Becker

        Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007

      págs. 404-406

      
    • Seleccionado

      Lisa Hilbink, Judges beyond Politics in Democracy and Dictatorship: Lessons from Chile (New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)

      Alexandra Huneeus

      Es reseña de:

      • Judges beyond Politics in Democracy and Dictatorship: Lessons from Chile

        Lisa Hilbink

        Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007

      págs. 406-408

      
    • Seleccionado

      Fernando F. Sánchez C., Partidos políticos, elecciones y lealtades partidarias en Costa Rica: Erosión y cambio (Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2007)

      Bruce M. Wilson

      Es reseña de:

      • Partidos políticos, elecciones y lealtades partidarias en Costa Rica: Erosión y cambio

        Fernando F. Sánchez C.

        Salamanca : Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2007

      págs. 408-410

      
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      Anthony B. Chamberlain, Privatization in Costa Rica: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis (Lanham, MD: University Press of America Inc., 2007)

      Luciano Ciravegna

      Es reseña de:

      • Privatization in Costa Rica: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis

        Anthony B. Chamberlain

        Lanham : University Press of America Inc., 2007

      págs. 410-411

      
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      David Recondo, La Política del Gatopardo: multiculturalismo y democracia en Oaxaca (Mexico, DF: CIESAS/CEMCA, Publicaciones de la Casa Chata, 2007)

      David Lehmann

      Es reseña de:

      • La Política del Gatopardo: multiculturalismo y democracia en Oaxaca

        David Recondo

        Mexico : CIESAS/CEMCA, 2007

      págs. 412-414

      
    • Seleccionado

      Stephen Beckerman and Paul Valentine (eds.), Revenge in the Cultures of Lowland South America (Gainsville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2008)

      Stephen Nugent

      Es reseña de:

      • Revenge in the Cultures of Lowland South America

        Stephen Beckerman (ed. lit.), Paul Valentine (ed. lit.)

        Gainsville : University Press of Florida, 2008

      págs. 414-415

      
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      Ilja A. Luciak, Gender and Democracy in Cuba (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007)

      Anna Cristina Pertierra

      Es reseña de:

      • Gender and Democracy in Cuba

        Ilja A. Luciak

        Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2007

      págs. 415-416