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Supermadre
Women in Politics in Latin America
University of Texas Press
An examination of women's roles in Latin American politics and how it is often confined to positions that are extensions of their roles as mothers.
The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800–1870
University of Texas Press
A masterly account of the events and people during a remarkable period in Paraguay's history.
Town in the Empire
Government, Politics, and Society in Seventeenth Century Popayán
University of Texas Press
A study of a seventeenth-century town more typical of everyday colonial life than the major centers that have drawn most attention from historians.
Peasant Cooperation and Capitalist Expansion in Central Peru
Edited by Norman Long and Bryan R. Roberts
University of Texas Press
This book brings together the research into regional development and social change carried out in highland Peru by a team of British and Latin American social anthropologists and sociologists.
Paraguay and the Triple Alliance
The Postwar Decade, 1869-1878
University of Texas Press
The first book in any language that examines political, economic, and social developments to provide a well-integrated study of this significant and eventful period in Paraguay's history.
Imperial Russia and the Struggle for Latin American Independence, 1808–1828
University of Texas Press
This study, the first of its kind in English, examines Russian responses to the independence movement in Latin America during the early nineteenth century.
The Socialist Party of Argentina, 1890–1930
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive analysis of Argentina's Socialist Party's origins, its development, and its actions during the almost two decades of civilian, democratic government that ended with the military coup of 1930.
Elites and Economic Development
Comparative Studies on the Political Economy of Latin American Cities
By John Walton
University of Texas Press
A detailed comparative analysis of development politics in four urban regions of Latin America.
Prose Fiction of the Cuban Revolution
University of Texas Press
Combining historical and critical approaches, Seymour Menton classifies and analyzes over two hundred novels and volumes of short stories, revealing the extent to which Cuban literature reflects the reality of the Revolution.
Struggle in the Andes
Peasant Political Mobilization in Peru
University of Texas Press
An analysis of the causes and consequences of extensive social and political mobilization among Peru’s peasant population in the 1960s.
Revolution at Querétaro
The Mexican Constitutional Convention of 1916–1917
University of Texas Press
The first book in English to study in depth the remarkable convention that produced the Mexican Constitution of 1917.
British-Owned Railways in Argentina
Their Effect on the Growth of Economic Nationalism, 1854-1948
University of Texas Press
How British-owned railways affected the development of Argentine economic nationalism.
Peasants in Revolt
A Chilean Case Study, 1965–1971
University of Texas Press
Based on extended interviews at the Culiprán fundo in Chile with peasants who recount in their own terms their political evolution, this is an in-depth study of peasants in social and political action.
Modernization, Dislocation, and Aprismo
Origins of the Peruvian Aprista Party, 1870-1932
University of Texas Press
The first major analysis of the social and political bases of the Aprista movement.
Men in a Developing Society
Geographic and Social Mobility in Monterrey, Mexico
University of Texas Press
How men experience a period of rapid economic development, particularly in the areas of migration, occupational mobility, and status attainment.
Exiles and Citizens
Spanish Republicans in Mexico
University of Texas Press
A study of Spanish Republican emigrés who fled from Spain to Mexico in 1939–1940.
The Men of Cajamarca
A Social and Biographical Study of the First Conquerors of Peru
University of Texas Press
A study of a group of earlier Spaniards in America.
Real del Monte
A British Silver Mining Venture in Mexico
University of Texas Press
A full account of a single risky venture, this inquiry is a microcosm of early foreign economic penetration into the Mexican mining industry.
Democracy, Militarism, and Nationalism in Argentina, 1930–1966
An Interpretation
University of Texas Press
In this study, Marvin Goldwert interprets the rise, growth, and development of militarism in Argentina from 1930 to 1966.
The Chilean Senate
Internal Distribution of Influence
University of Texas Press
Weston Agor’s carefully documented analysis of the organization and workings of the Chilean Senate is the first of its kind and fills a long-standing need in the comparative study of the internal structure of legislative bodies.
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