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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
Learning from the Qadi: The Jurisdiction of Local Rule in the Early Colonial Andes Karen B. Graubart Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 195–228; doi:10.1215/00182168–2870764 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/195.abstract>
Lost Labor and Love: Adultery in Early Twentieth-Century Guatemala David Carey Jr. Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 229–267; doi:10.1215/00182168–2870776 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/229.abstract>
Militarizing Dollar Diplomacy in the Early Twentieth-Century Dominican Republic: Centralization and Resistance Ellen D. Tillman Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 269–297; doi:10.1215/00182168–2870788 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/269.abstract>
Mobilizing Manpower for War: Toward a New History of Bolivia's Chaco Conflict, 1932–1935 Elizabeth Shesko Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 299–334; doi:10.1215/00182168–2870800 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/299.abstract>
Obituaries
James Lockhart (1933–2014) Pete Sigal, Matthew Restall, Stephanie Wood, and Caterina Pizzigoni Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 335–339; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874647 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/335>
Elizabeth “Betsy” Winchell Kiddy (1957–2014) Judy Bieber Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 339–342; doi:10.1215/00182168–2870812 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/339>
Book Reviews
General and Sources
Eating Puerto Rico: A History of Food, Culture, and Identity Ileana M. Rodríguez-Silva Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 343–344; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874656 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/343>
Colonial Period
Mesoamerican Plazas: Arenas of Community and Power Eugen Logan Wagner Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 345–346; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874665 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/345>
Embattled Bodies, Embattled Places: War in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and the Andes Camilla Townsend Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 346–348; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874674 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/346>
“Strange Lands and Different Peoples”: Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Guatemala Byron Ellsworth Hamann Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 348–350; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874683 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/348>
Return to Aztlan: Indians, Spaniards, and the Invention of Nuevo México Enrique Lamadrid Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 350–352; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874692 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/350>
Object and Apparition: Envisioning the Christian Divine in the Colonial Andes Jeremy Ravi Mumford Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 352–353; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874701 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/352>
The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata: Donors, Lenders, Subjects, and Citizens Fabricio Prado Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 353–355; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874710 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/353>
The Tupac Amaru Rebellion Sergio Serulnikov Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 355–357; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874719 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/355>
The Last Caribbean Frontier, 1795–1815 Reena N. Goldthree Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 358–359; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874728 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/358>
National Period
Ambitious Rebels: Remaking Honor, Law, and Liberalism in Venezuela, 1780–1850 Sarah C. Chambers Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 359–361; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874737 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/359>
The Work of Recognition: Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship A. Ricardo López Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 361–363; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874746 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/361>
Land, Livelihood, and Civility in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca Valley Communities in History Claudia Guarisco Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 363–365; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874755 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/363>
Mujeres en el cambio social en el siglo XX mexicano Julia Tuñón Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 365–366; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874764 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/365>
Continuity despite Change: The Politics of Labor Regulation in Latin America Maria Lorena Cook Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 366–368; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874773 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/366>
Colombia and World War I: The Experience of a Neutral Latin American Nation during the Great War and Its Aftermath, 1914–1921 Richard P. Tucker Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 368–369; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874782 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/368>
The War Has Brought Peace to Mexico: World War II and the Consolidation of the Post-revolutionary State William H. Beezley Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 370–371; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874791 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/370>
La Frontera: Forests and Ecological Conflict in Chile's Frontier Territory Thomas D. Rogers Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 371–373; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874800 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/371>
La revolución inconclusa: La izquierda chilena y el gobierno de la Unidad Popular Verónica Valdivia Ortiz de Zárate Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 373–374; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874809 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/373>
Cities from Scratch: Poverty and Informality in Urban Latin America Rafael Soares Gonçalves Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 374–376; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874818 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/374>
Creating a Common Table in Twentieth-Century Argentina: Doña Petrona, Women, and Food Joel Horowitz Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 376–377; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874827 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/376>
Venezuela before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse Brian McBeth Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 377–379; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874836 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/377>
Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema, 1988–2012 Catherine L. Benamou Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 379–381; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874845 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/379>
Zero Hunger: Political Culture and Antipoverty Policy in Northeast Brazil Stanley E. Blake Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 381–382; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874854 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/381>
Queen for a Day: Transformistas, Beauty Queens, and the Performance of Femininity in Venezuela Mirta Zaida Lobato Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 382–384; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874863 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/382>
International and Comparative
Las islas del lujo: Productos exóticos, nuevos consumos y cultura económica europea, 1650–1800 Herbert S. Klein Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 384–386; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874872 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/384>
The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas: New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire Pedro L. San Miguel Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 386–387; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874881 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/386>
Tropical Whites: The Rise of the Tourist South in the Americas Kirk Bowman Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 387–389; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874890 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/387>
Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture before the Golden Age Charles V. Heath Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 389–391; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874899 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/389>
Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico's Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States Mark Overmyer-Velázquez Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 391–392; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874908 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/391>
Afro-Cuban Religious Arts: Popular Expressions of Cultural Inheritance in Espiritismo and Santería Bonnie A. Lucero Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95(2): 392–394; doi:10.1215/00182168–2874917 <http://hahr.dukejournals.org/content/95/2/392>