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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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