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Judicial Review in Mexico
A Study of the Amparo Suit
University of Texas Press
A study of the amparo suit, a Mexican legal institution similar in its effects to such Anglo-American procedures as habeas corpus, error, and the various forms of injunctive relief.
Crisis in Costa Rica
The 1948 Revolution
University of Texas Press
This book analyzes the circumstances of 1940–1948 that led to a successful armed uprising, as well as the role of José Figueres Ferrer in marshaling disparate groups into a movement sufficiently cohesive to seize and hold power.
The Politics of Puerto Rican University Students
University of Texas Press
A close examination of the social background and political activity of students at the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico in the 1960s.
Politics of the Chaco Peace Conference, 1935–1939
University of Texas Press
A study of the 1930s dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia and the inter-American peace conference that settled it.
Political Groups in Chile
The Dialogue between Order and Change
University of Texas Press
A study of Chilean politics in the mid-twentieth century.
The Industrialization of São Paulo, 1800-1945
By Warren Dean
University of Texas Press
This is a study of the early years of manufacturing in São Paulo: how it was influenced by the growth and decline of the coffee trade; where it found its markets, its credit, and its labor force; and how it confronted the competition of imports.
Politics in the Altiplano
The Dynamics of Change in Rural Peru
By Edward Dew
University of Texas Press
This book analyzes the sources of conflict and political change in ta Peruvian region as it underwent socioeconomic development through a period of recurring natural disasters.
Immigration and Nationalism
Argentina and Chile, 1890–1914
By Carl Solberg
University of Texas Press
The dramatic change in attitudes toward immigration in Chile and Argenitna during the quarter century preceding World War I is the subject of this study.
Growth, Equality, and the Mexican Experience
University of Texas Press
This book examines the relationship between economic development and equality in twentieth century Mexico.
The Measurement of Modernism
A Study of Values in Brazil and Mexico
University of Texas Press
The results of an empirical investigation designed to produce instruments to measure personal values that have been central variables in the theory of modernization of societies, using Brazil and Mexico as examples.
Civil Service Reform in Brazil
Principles Versus Practice
University of Texas Press
Why public administration theories of the United States and Western Europe, when transplanted to another cultural setting, did not take root and in fact unexpectedly proved to be most applicable in Brazil during periods of autocratic rule.
The Inter American Press Association
Its Fight for Freedom of the Press, 1926–1960
University of Texas Press
A study of the history of this group that has fought for freedom of the press in Latin America.
Steel and Economic Growth in Mexico
University of Texas Press
A history of the Mexican iron and steel industry through the 1960s.
Spain and the Abolition of Slavery in Cuba, 1817–1886
University of Texas Press
This book explores the abolition of African slavery in Spanish Cuba from 1817 to 1886—from the first Anglo-Spanish agreement to abolish the slave trade until the removal from Cuba of the last vestige of black servitude.
Reflections on Latin American Development
By Roberto de Olivera Campos; Introduction by Benjamin Higgins
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive analysis of many aspects of Latin American economic development in the mid-twentieth century.
Origins of the American Indians
European Concepts, 1492-1729
University of Texas Press
An examination of early European theories about the origin of American indigenous peoples.
Mexico's Recent Economic Growth
The Mexican View
Translated by Marjory Urquidi; Introduction by Tom E. Davis
University of Texas Press
This volume of six essays makes readily available to English-speaking readers a selection of significant contributions by outstanding Mexican economists, dealing with the mid-twentieth-century growth of the Mexican economy.
Tax Reform and the Alliance for Progress
University of Texas Press
This study presents an examination of the problem of evaluating the adequacy of Latin American tax-reform efforts and recommends basic criteria for such evaluation.
Epidemic Disease in Mexico City, 1761–1813
An Administrative, Social, and Medical Study
University of Texas Press
The first detailed study of the impact of epidemic disease on the history of New Spain, primarily of its capital.
Revolution on the Pampas
A Social History of Argentine Wheat, 1860–1910
University of Texas Press
This study traces the development of the Argentine wheat zone, focusing on the part wheat played in forming the Argentina of today.
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