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Global Sixties - Peace Corps Fantasies: How Development Shaped the Global Sixties. By Molly Geidel. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. Pp. 344. $105.00 cloth; $30.00 paper.
Lisa Pinley Covert
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10 July 2018, pp. 577-578
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Visualizing Empire - Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin. By Daniela Bleichmar. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Pp. 240. 153 color illustrations. $50.00 cloth.
Katia Sainson
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22 November 2018, pp. 769-771
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Colonial History - The Lords of Tetzcoco: The Transformation of Indigenous Rule in Postconquest Central Mexico. By Bradley Benton . New York: Cambridge Press, 2017. Pp. 196. $99.97 cloth.
Barbara Mundy
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09 January 2018, pp. 196-197
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Early Modern Atlantic - The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic. By Pablo F. Gómez. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Pp. 314. $85.00 cloth; $29.95 paper.
Neal D. Polhemus
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22 November 2018, pp. 771-772
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Immigration - U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance. Edited by Karina O. Alvarado, Alicia Ivonne Estrada, and Ester E. Hernández. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2017. Pp 242. $30.00 paper.
Carmen Kordick
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18 April 2018, pp. 417-418
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Masculinities - The Body As Capital: Masculinities in Contemporary Latin American Fiction. By Vinodh Venkatesh. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2015. Pp. 200. $24.95 paper.
María Luisa Ruiz
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10 July 2018, pp. 578-580
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Cubans in the United States - Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940–1960. By Christina D. Abreu. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. Pp. xi, 289. $29.95 paper.
Eric Galm
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18 April 2018, pp. 418-420
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Genocides - Who Counts? The Mathematics of Death and Life After Genocide. By Diane M. Nelson. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. Pp. 328. $99.95 cloth; $25.95 paper.
David Carey
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10 July 2018, pp. 580-582
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Material Culture and Food - Conservation of Featherwork from Central and South America. Edited by Ellen Pearlstein . London: Archetype Publications, 2017. Pp. x, 106. 205 illustrations. $65.00 paper.
Stefan Hanß
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09 January 2018, pp. 198-199
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Commodities and Taste - Substance and Seduction: Ingested Commodities in Early Mesoamerica. Edited by Stacey Schwartzkopf and Katherine Sampeck. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2017. Pp. 220. $27.95 paper.
Alexander Dawson
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22 November 2018, pp. 773-774
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Sacred Consumption: Food and Ritual in Aztec Art and Culture. By Elizabeth Morán . Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016. Pp. 156. Photos. $ 24.95 paper.
Richard A. Diehl
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09 January 2018, pp. 199-201
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Late Colonial Cities - Urban Space as Heritage in Late Colonial Cuba: Classicism and Dissonance on the Plaza de Armas of Havana, 1754–1828. By Paul Niell. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015. Pp. 362. $55.00 cloth.
Gabriel Ramón
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22 November 2018, pp. 774-775
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Architecture - Modern Architecture in Mexico: History, Representation, and the Shaping of a Capital. By Kathryn E. O'Rourke. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press, 2016. Pp. 410. Illustrations. $49.95.
Cristina López Uribe
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10 July 2018, pp. 582-583
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Puerto Rico - The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity and International Politics in Puerto Rico. By Antonio Sotomayor. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. Pp. 302. $60.00 cloth.
Robert Huish
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18 April 2018, pp. 420-421
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Iberian Empires - Corruption in the Iberian Empires: Greed, Custom, and Colonial Networks. Edited by Christoph Rosenmüller . Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2017. Pp. 240. $65.00 cloth.
Carrie Gibson
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09 January 2018, pp. 201-202
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Cuba and Haiti - Empire's Guest Workers: Haitian Migrants in Cuba during the Age of US Occupation. By Matthew Casey. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 2017. Pp. xii, 313. $99.99 cloth.
Philip A. Howard
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10 July 2018, pp. 583-586
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Studies of Race - Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America. Edited by Peter Wade, Carlos López Beltrán, Eduardo Restrepo, and Ricardo Ventura Santos. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. Pp. 304. $94.95 cloth; $26.95 paper.
Carlos B. Gil
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18 April 2018, pp. 421-423
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Americas Since Columbus - Exploitation, Inequality, and Resistance: A History of Latin America Since Columbus. Edited by Mark A. Burkholder, Monica Rankin, and Lyman L. Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Pp. 480. $29.95 paper.
Julia McClure
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22 November 2018, pp. 776-777
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Dominican Republic - The Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic. By Elizabeth Manley. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017. Pp. 319. $89.95 cloth.
Neici M. Zeller
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10 July 2018, pp. 586-588
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Colombia - Anti-Drug Policies in Colombia: Successes, Failures, and Wrong Turns. Edited by Alejandro Gaviria and Daniel Mejía. Translated by Jimmy Weiskopf. Knoxville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2016. Pp. xi, 326. $65.00 cloth.
Paul Gootenberg
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18 April 2018, pp. 423-424
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Global Sixties - Peace Corps Fantasies: How Development Shaped the Global Sixties. By Molly Geidel. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. Pp. 344. $105.00 cloth; $30.00 paper.

Visualizing Empire - Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin. By Daniela Bleichmar. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Pp. 240. 153 color illustrations. $50.00 cloth.

Colonial History - The Lords of Tetzcoco: The Transformation of Indigenous Rule in Postconquest Central Mexico. By Bradley Benton . New York: Cambridge Press, 2017. Pp. 196. $99.97 cloth.

Early Modern Atlantic - The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic. By Pablo F. Gómez. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Pp. 314. $85.00 cloth; $29.95 paper.

Immigration - U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance. Edited by Karina O. Alvarado, Alicia Ivonne Estrada, and Ester E. Hernández. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2017. Pp 242. $30.00 paper.

Masculinities - The Body As Capital: Masculinities in Contemporary Latin American Fiction. By Vinodh Venkatesh. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2015. Pp. 200. $24.95 paper.

Cubans in the United States - Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940–1960. By Christina D. Abreu. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. Pp. xi, 289. $29.95 paper.

Genocides - Who Counts? The Mathematics of Death and Life After Genocide. By Diane M. Nelson. Durham: Duke University Press, 2015. Pp. 328. $99.95 cloth; $25.95 paper.

Material Culture and Food - Conservation of Featherwork from Central and South America. Edited by Ellen Pearlstein . London: Archetype Publications, 2017. Pp. x, 106. 205 illustrations. $65.00 paper.

Commodities and Taste - Substance and Seduction: Ingested Commodities in Early Mesoamerica. Edited by Stacey Schwartzkopf and Katherine Sampeck. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2017. Pp. 220. $27.95 paper.

Sacred Consumption: Food and Ritual in Aztec Art and Culture. By Elizabeth Morán . Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016. Pp. 156. Photos. $ 24.95 paper.

Late Colonial Cities - Urban Space as Heritage in Late Colonial Cuba: Classicism and Dissonance on the Plaza de Armas of Havana, 1754–1828. By Paul Niell. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015. Pp. 362. $55.00 cloth.

Architecture - Modern Architecture in Mexico: History, Representation, and the Shaping of a Capital. By Kathryn E. O'Rourke. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press, 2016. Pp. 410. Illustrations. $49.95.

Puerto Rico - The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity and International Politics in Puerto Rico. By Antonio Sotomayor. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. Pp. 302. $60.00 cloth.

Iberian Empires - Corruption in the Iberian Empires: Greed, Custom, and Colonial Networks. Edited by Christoph Rosenmüller . Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2017. Pp. 240. $65.00 cloth.

Cuba and Haiti - Empire's Guest Workers: Haitian Migrants in Cuba during the Age of US Occupation. By Matthew Casey. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 2017. Pp. xii, 313. $99.99 cloth.

Studies of Race - Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America. Edited by Peter Wade, Carlos López Beltrán, Eduardo Restrepo, and Ricardo Ventura Santos. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. Pp. 304. $94.95 cloth; $26.95 paper.

Americas Since Columbus - Exploitation, Inequality, and Resistance: A History of Latin America Since Columbus. Edited by Mark A. Burkholder, Monica Rankin, and Lyman L. Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Pp. 480. $29.95 paper.

Dominican Republic - The Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic. By Elizabeth Manley. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017. Pp. 319. $89.95 cloth.

Colombia - Anti-Drug Policies in Colombia: Successes, Failures, and Wrong Turns. Edited by Alejandro Gaviria and Daniel Mejía. Translated by Jimmy Weiskopf. Knoxville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2016. Pp. xi, 326. $65.00 cloth.

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