Journal of Latin American Studies articles from May 2002

Journal of Latin American Studies archives from May 2002

Fear and loathing of Fidel Castro: sources of US policy toward Cuba.
May 1, 2002... In the State Department I find there is a professional reluctance to mention Castro by name; curious psychological quirk, that. David E. Lilienthal (January 19, 1962) (The Journals of David E. Lilientbal: The Harvest Years, 1959-19 63)...

US diplomacy and the downfall of a Cuban dictator: Machado in 1933.
May 1, 2002... The dictator Gerardo Machado met his downfall on August 12 1933, three months after Ambassador Sumner Welles had presented his letters of credence. The ambassador was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest adviser on Latin American...

Cuba's quest for economic independence.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... The legacy of Cuban dependency In the late eighteenth century sugar displaced tobacco as Cuba's principal crop, and comparative advantage soon made the island the dominant producer in the world market. By 1856 Cuba produced 25 per cent...

Whither the Cuban economy after recovery? The reform process, upgrading strategies and the question of transition.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Introduction Not so long ago there was a lively debate on 'transition' in East and West, and North and South. Ironically, as it may seem today, that debate was about the transition from capitalism to socialism. (1) The transition debate...

Blessings of liberty: the United States and the promotion of democracy in Cuba. (Commentary).
May 1, 2002... Only a few visitors to Washington's Arlington National Cemetery wander off the main tourist circuit, attracted by the mast of the battleship Maine, to a quiet knoll behind the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the resting place for 260 sailors...

Winds of Change: Hurricanes and the Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Cuba. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02216442 Louis A. Perez Jr., Winds of Change: Hurricanes and the Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Cuba (Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 2001), pp. x+...

Rafael Montoro: discursos y escritos (seleccion); edicion facsimilar. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.17/S0022216X02226449 Rafael E. Tarrago (ed.), Rafael Montoro: discursos y escritos (seleccion); edicion facsimilar (Miami: Editorial Cubana, 2000), pp. lii + 530, hb. Rafael Montoro is one of...

State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.17/S0022216X02236445 Robert Whitney, State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940 (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2001), xii+255, [pounds...

Cuba's Foreign Relations in a Post-Soviet World. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02246441 H. Michael Erisman, Cuba's Foreign Relations in a Post-Soviet World (Gainseville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000), pp. xiii + 270, $49.95 hb. Cuba's foreign policy...

Cuba and the Politics of Passion. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/SOO22216X02256448 Damian J. Fernandez, Cuba and the Politics of Passion (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2000), pp. xv + 172, [pounds sterling]26.95, [pounds sterling]12.50 pb. ...

Cuba: The Contours of Change. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2001). DOI: 10,1017/S00022216X02266444 Susan Kaufman Purcell and David Rothkopf (eds.), Cuba: The Contours of Change (Boulder, GO, and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000), pp. Xii+157, [pounds sterling]11.95...

Cuba's Sugar Industry. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J, Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOT: 10.1017/S0022216X02276440 Jose Alvarez and Lazaro Pena Castellanos, Cuba's Sugar Industry (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001), pp. xxii+160, $55.00 hb. Cuba's sugar sector sank...

Latin America between Colony and Nation. Selected Essays. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer, Stud. 34 (2002) DOI: 10,1017/S0022116X02286447 John Lynch, Latin America between Colony and Nation. Selected Essays (Basingstoke: Palgrave, and London, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 2001), pp....

The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). 001: 10.1017/S0022216X02296443 Austen Ivereigh (ed.), The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival (London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 2000), pp. viii + 223, [pounds...

El virreinato del marquis de Castelfuerte, 1724-1736. El primer intento borbonico por reformar el Peru. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002) DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02306448 Alfred Moreno Cebrian, El virreinato del marquis de Castelfuerte, 1724-1736. El primer intento borbonico por reformar el Peru (Madrid: Editorial Catriel, 2000) pp. 671, Pts...

Cocoa and Chocolate. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat Amer. Stud. 34 (2002) DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02316444 William Gervase Clarence-Smith, Cocoa and Chocolate, 1765-1914 (London and New York: Routledge, 2000), pp. xiv+319, [pounds sterling]55.00 hb. There is no better way of...

La Republica Dominicana en el umbral del siglo XXI: cultura, politica y cambio social. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/Soo22216X02326440 Ramonina Brea, Rosario Espinal and Fernando Valerio-Hoguin (eds.), La Republica Dominicana en el umbral del siglo XXI: cultura, politica y cambio social (Santo Domingo:...

The Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (20002). DOI: 10,1017/S0022216X02336447 Jonathan Hartlyn, The Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998), pp. xxi+371, [pounds...

Democratic Institutional Design: The Powers and Incentives of Venezuelan Politicians and Interest Groups. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). D01: 10.1017/S0022216X02346443 Brian F. Crisp, Democratic Institutional Design: The Powers and Incentives of Venezuelan Politicians and Interest Groups (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000), pp....

The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S00222216X0235644X Julia Buxton, The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela (Aldershot: Ashgate 2001), pp. x+a4z, $42.50 hb. From the 1960s until the end of the 1980s Venezuelan...

Violence in Colombia, 1990-2000: Waging War and Negotiating Peace. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10,1017/S0022216X02366446 Charles Bergquist, Ricardo Penaranda and Gonzalo Sanchez G. (eds.), Violence in Colombia, 1990-2000: Waging War and Negotiating Peace (Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2001), pp. xxv...

Towards Democratic Viability: The Bolivian Experience. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02376442 John Crabtree and Laurence Whitehead (eds.), Towards Democratic Viability: The Bolivian Experience (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001), pp. xiv + 240, [pounds sterling]47.50 hb. ...

A Slave's Place, a Master's World: Fashioning Dependency in Rural Brazil. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02386449 Nancy Priscilla Naro, A Slave's Place, a Master's World: Fashioning Dependency in Rural Brazil (London and New York: Continuum, 2000), pp. xi + 212, [pounds sterling]45.00 hb....

Women and the State in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02396445 Cynthia Chavez Metoyer, Women and the State in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua (Boulder, CO, and London: Lynne Rienner, 2000), pp. v+ 149, [pounds sterling]29.95 hb. This is a...

Viva Mexico! Viva Independencia! Celebrations of September 16. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X0240644X William H. Beezley and David E. Lorey (eds.), Viva Mexico! Viva Independencia! Celebrations of September 16 (Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2000), pp. xviii+261, $60.00, $21.95 pb....

Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02416446. Peter Andreas, Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000), pp. xiv+158, [pounds sterling]16.95 hb. Peter Andreas's recent...

Financial Decision-Making in Mexico: To Bet a Nation. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10,1017/S0022216X02426442 Sidney Weintraub, Financial Decision-Making in Mexico: To Bet a Nation (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000), pp. XX + 212, $45.00, $19.95 pb. The Mexican...

The Politics of Telecommunications in Mexico: Privatisation and State-Labour Relations 1982-95. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02436449 Judith Clifton, The Politics of Telecommunications in Mexico: Privatisation and State-Labour Relations 1982-95 (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, in association with St. Antony's...

Regulatory Policy in Latin America: Post-Privatisation Realities. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10,1017/S0022216X02446445 Luigi Manzetti (ed.), Regulatory Policy in Latin America: Post-Privatisation Realities (Coral Gables, FL: North-South Center Press, University of Miami, 2000), pp. Ii + 301,...

South American Free Trade or Free Trade Area of the Americas? Open Regionalism and the Future of Regional Economic Integration in South America. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. (2001). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02456441 Mario Esteban Carranza, South American Free Trade or Free Trade Area of the Americas? Open Regionalism and the Future of Regional Economic Integration in South America (Aldershot:...

Development and Democracy in the Southern Cone: Imperatives for US Policy in South America. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02466448 Sidney Weintraub, Development and Democracy in the Southern Cone: Imperatives for US Policy in South America (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies,...

Toward a New Security Architecture in the Americas: The Strategic Implications of the FTAA. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02476444 Patrice M. Franko, Toward a New Security Architecture in the Americas: The Strategic Implications of the FTAA (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies,...

Free Markets, Open Societies, Closed Borders? Trends in International Migration and Immigration Policy in the Americas. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02486440 Max. J. Castro (ed.), Free Markets, Open Societies, Closed Borders? Trends in International Migration and Immigration Policy in the Americas (Miami, FL: North-South Center...

Rule of Law in Latin America: The International Promotion of Judicial Reform. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stul. 34 (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02496447 Pilar Domingo and Rachel Sieder (eds.), Rule of Law in Latin America: The International Promotion of Judicial Reform (London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of...

Women's Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond. (Reviews).
May 1, 2002... J. Lat. Amer. Stud. (2002). DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X02j06441 Maxine Molyneux, Women's Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond (Basingstoke: Palgrave, and London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of...

New books received.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2002... New Books Received -- May 2002 It is Journal policy to list all books received, whether or not they are later reviewed. LATIN AMERICA Anthropology and Sociology Ricardo D. Salvatore, Carlos Aguirre and Gilbert M. Joseph...