Hispanic American Historical Review pioneered the study of Latin American history and culture in the United States and remains the most widely respected journal in the field. HAHR's comprehensive book review section provides commentary, ranging from brief notices to review essays, on every facet of scholarship on Latin American history and culture. Regular notices of the activities of the Conference on Latin American History appear in the journal.
Hispanic American Historical ReviewVolume 97, Number 1, February 2017
Articles
The Zambos and the Transformation of the Miskitu Kingdom, 1636–1740 John K. ThorntonS. 1–28 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/1.abstract
Castas, Creoles, and the Rise of a Maya Lingua Franca in Eighteenth-Century Yucatan Mark LentzS. 29–61 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/29.abstract
To Govern the Church: Autonomy and the Consequences of Self-Determination for the Brotherhood of Saint Efigênia and Saint Elesbão of Black Men of São Paulo, Brazil, 1888–1890 Alicia L. MonroeS. 63–94 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/63.abstract
From Open Door to Nationalization: Oil and Development Visions in Bolivia, 1952–1969 Kevin A. YoungS. 95–129 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/95.abstract
Obituaries
Ann S. Blum (1950–2015) Elena Albarrán, Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, and John LearS. 131–135 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/131
Christopher Schmidt-Nowara (1966–2015) Dale TomichS. 135–137 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/135
Reiner Tom Zuidema (1927–2016) Nils Jacobsen and Andrew OrtaS. 138–141 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/138
Book ReviewsGeneral and Sources
The Native Conquistador: Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Account of the Conquest of New Spain Louise M. BurkhartS. 143–144 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/143
The Learned Ones: Nahua Intellectuals in Postconquest Mexico Erika R. HosselkusS. 145–146 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/145
La Catedral de Mérida: La gran casa de Dios en medio de T'hó Michael J. SchrefflerS. 146–148 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/146
Historia de la hacienda pública en Michoacán, 1786–1951: Una historia larga Christina M. JiménezS. 148–149 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/148
The Dominican Republic Reader: History, Culture, Politics Anne EllerS. 150–151 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/150
Peru in Theory Mark ThurnerS. 151–153 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/151
Colonial Period
Dancing the New World: Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest Bradley BentonS. 153–155 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/153
Fronterización del espacio hacia el norte de la Nueva España Sean F. McEnroeS. 155–156 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/155
Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609–1803: The Formation and Persistence of Mission Communities in a Comparative Context Bridget María ChestertonS. 157–158 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/157
Distance and Documents at the Spanish Empire's Periphery Jeffrey A. Erbig Jr.S. 158–160 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/158
The Bishop's Utopia: Envisioning Improvement in Colonial Peru Sylvia Sellers-GarcíaS. 160–161 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/160
Faces of Béxar: Early San Antonio and Texas Matthew BabcockS. 162–163 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/162
National Period
La société guerrière: Pratiques, discours et valeurs militaires dans le Rio de la Plata, 1806–1852 Michael Kenneth HunerS. 163–165 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/163
Ties That Bind: The Black Family in Post-slavery Jamaica, 1834–1882 Christienna D. FryarS. 165–166 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/165
Volunteering for a Cause: Gender, Faith, and Charity in Mexico from the Reform to the Revolution Moramay López-AlonsoS. 167–168 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/167
Medicine on the Periphery: Public Health in the Yucatán, Mexico, 1870–1960 Michele McArdle StephensS. 168–169 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/168
Black Labor, White Sugar: Caribbean Braceros and Their Struggle for Power in the Cuban Sugar Industry Matthew CaseyS. 170–171 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/170
Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia: Development and Culture in the Modern State Michael J. SchroederS. 171–173 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/171
Neither Peace nor Freedom: The Cultural Cold War in Latin America Alan KnightS. 173–175 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/173
Revolution within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, 1952–1962 Rachel HynsonS. 175–176 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/175
Haydée Santamaría, Cuban Revolutionary: She Led by Transgression Myrna Ivonne Wallace FuentesS. 176–178 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/176
Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America Eduardo de Jesús DouglasS. 178–179 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/178
Art Systems: Brazil and the 1970s Dária Gorete JaremtchukS. 180–181 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/180
Fútbol! Why Soccer Matters in Latin America Alex GalarzaS. 181–183 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/181
Party-System Collapse: The Roots of Crisis in Peru and Venezuela Brian McBethS. 183–184 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/183
Power in Powerlessness: A Study of Pentecostal Life Worlds in Urban Chile Stephen OffuttS. 184–186 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/184
Avoiding Governors: Federalism, Democracy, and Poverty Alleviation in Brazil and Argentina Aaron AnsellS. 186–187 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/186
International and Comparative
Monsters by Trade: Slave Traffickers in Modern Spanish Literature and Culture Martín Rodrigo y Alharilla S. 188–189http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/188
Mexico and the Spanish Civil War: Political Repercussions for the Republican Cause Kirsten WeldS. 189–191 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/189
Standing on Common Ground: The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland Juan Javier PescadorS. 191–192 http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/97/1/191