Book Reviews

In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 17, Heft 3, S. 417-445

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Books reviewed in this article:Bulmer‐Thomas, Victor (ed.) (1996), Thirty Years of Latin American Studies in the United Kingdom 1965–1995Peter F. Guardino (1996), Peasants, Politics, and the Formation of Mexico's National State Guerrero, 1800–1857William B. Taylor (1996), Magistrates of the Sacred. Priests and Parishioners in Eighteenth‐Century MexicoMartin, Cheryl English (1996), Governance and Society in Colonial Mexico: Chihuahua in the Eighteenth CenturyBerman Santana, Déborah (1996), Kicking off the Bootstraps: Environment, Development and Community Power in Puerto RicoDupuy, Alex (1997), Haiti in the New World Order: The Limits of the Democratic RevolutionFarer, Tom (ed) (1996), Beyond Sovereignity: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Americas.Mainwaring, Scott and Soberg Shugart, Matthew (eds) (1997), Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin AmericaAitken, R., Craske, N., Jones G. A. and Stansfield, D. E. (eds)(1996), Dismantling the Mexican State?Mahon, James E. (1996), Mobile Capital and Latin American DevelopmentTokman, Victor E. and Klein E. (eds) (1996), Regulation and the Informal Economy: Micro‐enterprises in Chile, Ecuador and JamaicaZimmerer, Karl S, (1997), Changing Fortune. Biodiversity and Campesino Livelihood in the Peruvian AndesDrake, Paul W. (1996), Labor Movements and Dictatorships: The Southern Cone in Comparative PerspectivePereira, Anthony W. (1997), The End of the PeasantryMacdonald, Laura (1997), Supporting Civil Society: The Political Role of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Central AmericaFox, Jonathan and Aranda, Josefina (1996), Decentralization and Rural Development in Mexico: Community Participation in Oaxaca's Municipal Funds ProgramKeeling, David J. (1996), Buenos Aires: Global Dreams, Local CrisesMcGuirk, Bernard (1997), Latin American Literature: Symptoms, Risks and Strategies of Post‐Structuralist CriticismGoodrich, Diana Sorensen (1996), Facundo and the Construction of Argentine CultureZimmerman, Marc (1995), Literature and Resistance in Guatemala: Textual modes and Cultural Politics from 'El señor Presidente' to Rigoberta MenchúFischer, Edwin F. and Brown, R. McKenna (eds) (1996), Maya Cultural Activism in GuatemalaHershfield, Joanne (1996), Mexican Cinema/ Mexican Woman, 1940–1950Melhuus, Marit and Stølen, Kristi Anne (eds) (1997), Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas. Contesting the Power of Latin American Gender ImageryRadcliffe, Sarah and Westwood, Sally (1996), Remaking the Nation: Place, Identity and Politics in Latin AmericaBerryman, Philip (1996), Religion in the Megacity: Catholic and Protestant Portraits from Latin America