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Volume 49 - January 1993

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The Invention of Argentina. By Nicolas Shumway. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 325. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $34.95.)

Amor Brujo: Images and Culture of Love in the Andes. By Luis Millones and Mary Louise Pratt. [Latin American Series 10.] (Syracuse: Syracuse University, 1990. Pp. vi, 79.Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. $14.00.)

Social Inequality in Oaxaca: A History of Resistance and Change. By Arthur D. Murphy and Alex Stepick. [Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development.] (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991. Pp. xix, 282. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. References. Index. $39.95.)

The Dutch in the Caribbean and in Surinam 1791/5-1942. By Cornells Ch. Goslinga. (Assen: Van Gorcum & Company, 1990. Pp. xii, 812. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $72.00.)

Atlantic Port Cities: Economy, Culture, and Society in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850. Edited by Franklin W. Knight and Peggy K. Liss. (Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1991. Pp. xvii, 302. Notes. Index. No price.)

Land and Politics in the Valley of Mexico. A Two-Thousand-Year Perspective. Edited by H.R. Harvey. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 325. Illustrations. Tables. References. Index. $35.00.)

Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires: Prostitution, Family, and Nation in Argentina. By Donna J. Guy. [Engendering Latin America: A Series, Volume 1.] (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 260. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. No price.)

Nation-States and Indians in Latin America. Edited by Greg Urban and Jóel Sherzer. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Pp. vi, 335. Contributors. Index. $37.50.)

Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice. By Francesca Miller. (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1991. Pp. 309. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. No price.)

History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Otherwise Called America. By Jean de Léry, translated by Janet Whatley. [Latin American Literature and Culture 6.] (Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. xxxvii, 276. Plates. Notes. Bibliography. Index. No price.)

Reform and Insurrection in Bourbon New Granada and Peru. Edited by John R. Fisher, Allan J. Kuethe, and Anthony McFarlane. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Pp. xii, 356. Abbreviations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $47.50.)

The Mixe of Oaxaca: Religion, Ritual, and Healing. By Frank J. Lipp. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Pp. xx, 253. Figures. Map. Appendixes. Notes. Glossary. Index. $35.00.)

Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sāo Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900. By Muriel Nazzari. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991. Pp. xx, 245. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $35.00.)

The Last Conquistador: Juan de Oñate and the Settling of the Far Southwest. By Marc Simmons. [The Oklahoma Western Biographies, vol. 2.] (Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Pp. xvi, 208. Illustrations. Figures. Maps. Sources. Index. $24.95)

Indios Guaraníes y Chamanes Franciscanos: Las Primeras Reducciones del Paraguay (1580-1800). By Louis Necker. [Biblioteca Paraguaya de Antropología, Vol. 7.] (Asunción: CEADUC-Universidad Católica, 1990. Pp. 279. Appendices. Maps. Bibliography. List of Abbreviations. No price.)

Pre-Seminole Florida: Spanish Soldiers, Friars, and Indian Missions, 1513-1763. By Robert Allen Matter. (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990. Pp. x, 191. Maps. Bibliography. Appendix. No price.)

Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader. Volume One: The Years 1914-1960. By John W.F. Dulles. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Pp. xvi, 495. Photographs. Maps. Notes. Index. $40.00.)

When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846. By Ramón A. Gutiérrez. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991. Pp. xxxi, 424. Introduction. Figures. Tables. Notes. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index. $49.50, Cloth; $16.95, Paper.)

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