Books Received

"A bala, piedra, y palo": La construcción de la ciudadanía política en Bolivia, 1826-1952. By Marta Irurozqui Victoriano. Nuestra América, no. 8. Sevilla: Diputación de Sevilla, 2000. Tables. Bibliography. 451 pp. Paper.

The Absent City. By Ricardo Piglia. Translated by Sergio Waisman. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. 147 pp. Cloth, $45.95. Paper, $15.95.

Alcohol in Ancient Mexico. By Henry J. Bruman. Foreword by Peter T. Furst. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2000. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xii, 158 pp. Cloth, $30.00.

Alfonso Reyes y el Brasil. By Fred P. Ellison. Mexico City: CONACULTA, 2000. Notes. Bibliography. 267 pp. Paper.

Los años del cambio: Historia urbana de Bogotá: 1820-1910. 2d ed. By Germán Rodrigo Mejía Pavony. Bogotá: Centro Editorial Javeriana, 2000. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Bibliography. 498 pp. Paper.

The Autobiography of María Elena Moyano: The Life and Death of a Peruvian Activist. Edited and annotated by Diana Miloslavich Tupac. Translation, prologue and afterword by Patricia S. Taylor edmisten. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 110 pp. Cloth, $34.95.

Building the New World: Studies in the Modern Architecture of Latin America, 1930-1960. By Valerie Fraser. New York: Verso, 2001. Photographs. Plates. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. vii, 280 pp. Cloth, $65.00. Paper, 23.00.

Cartas de los cabildos eclesiásticos de Santo Domingo y Concepción de La Vega en el siglo XVI. By genaro rodríguez morel. Santo Domingo: Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial de Santo Domingo, 2000. Tables. Indexes. xxiii, 304 pp. Paper.

Caudillos y constituciones: Perú: 1821--1845. By cristóbal aljovín de losada. Sección de Obras de Historia. Lima: Instituto Riva-Agüero, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000. Tables. Bibliography. Index. 354 pp. Paper.

Chicanas/Latinas in American Theatre: A History of Performance. By Elizabeth C. Ramírez. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. Photographs. Illustrations. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xix, 188 pp. Cloth, $42.95. Paper, $17.95.

Chicano Drama: Performance, Society, and Myth. By Jorge A. Huerta. Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama, 12. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. xi, 209 pp. Cloth, $64.95.

Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends. Edited by David R. Maciel, Isidro D. Ortiz, and maría herrera-sobek. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2000. Photographs. Illustrations. Table. Notes. Index. xxxiii, 328 pp. Cloth, $45.00. Paper $19.95.

Chicano Timespace: The Poetry and Politics of Ricardo Sanchez. By Miguel R. López. Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, no. 3. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001. Appendix. Notes. Index. xi, 199 pp. Cloth, $37.95.

Children of Facundo: Caudillo and Gaucho Insurgency during the Argentine State-Formation Process (La Rioja, 1853-1870). By Ariel de la Fuente. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. Illustrations. Map. Tables. Figures. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 249 pp. Cloth, $54.95. Paper, $18.95.

Chile: The Legacy of Hispanic Capitalism. 3d ed. By Brian Loveman. Latin American Histories. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Photographs. Illustration. Maps. Tables. Index. xvii, 424 pp. Cloth, $49.95. Paper, $24.50.

Colonial Latin America. By Mark A. Burkholder and Lyman L. Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Glossary. Bibliographies. Index. x, 382 pp. Paper, $27.95.

A conquista do Oeste: A fronteira na obra de Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. By Robert Wegner. Humanitas, 54. Belo Horizonte: Editora Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2000. Notes. Bibliography. 275 pp. Paper.

Constitucionalismo y orden liberal: América Latina, 1850-1920. Edited by Marcello Carmagnani. Nova Americana. Torino: OTTO Editore, 2000. Tables. Figures. 380 pp. Paper.

Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora. 2d ed. Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and Jacqueline Mcleod. Cover Illustration by Steve A. Prince. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001 (1999). Illustration. Map. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxv, 520 pp. Paper, $22.95.

Cuban Transitions at the Millennium. Edited by Eloise Linger...