Journal of Latin American Studies presents recent research in the field of Latin American studies in development studies, economics, geography, history, politics and international relations, public policy, sociology and social anthropology. Regular features include articles on contemporary themes, short thematic commentaries on key issues, and an extensive section of book reviews.
Table of Contents
Research article
The Denouncers: Populism and the Press in Venezuela ROBERT SAMETpp 1 – 27
Before the Body Count: Homicide Statistics and Everyday Security in Latin America GRAHAM DENYER WILLISpp 29 – 54
Truth-Justice-Reparations Interaction Effects in Transitional Justice Practice: The Case of the 'Valech Commission' in Chile CATH COLLINSpp 55 – 82
Demolishing Legitimacy: Bogotá's Urban Reforms for the 1948 Pan-American Conference MICAH OELZEpp 83 – 113
Harvesting Cholera: Fruit, Disease and Governance in the Cholera Epidemic of Tucumán, Argentina, 1867–68 CARLOS S. DIMASpp 115 – 142
Welsh–Indigenous Relationships in Nineteenth Century Patagonia: 'Friendship' and the Coloniality of Power LUCY TAYLORpp 143 – 168
Reviews
Sarah C. Chambers , Families in War and Peace: Chile from Colony to Nation (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2015), pp. xi + 288, £66.00, £17.99, pb. JOANNA CROWpp 169 – 171
Nancy E. Van Deusen , Global Indios: The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2015), pp. 352, $94.95, $26.95; £18.99, pb. GABRIELA RAMOSpp 171 – 172
David González Cruz (ed.), Represión, tolerancia e integración en España y América: Extranjeros, esclavos, indígenas y mestizos durante el siglo XVIII (Madrid: Ediciones Doce Calles, 2014), pp. 350, €30.00, pb. DANIELLE TERRAZAS WILLIAMSpp 172 – 174
Caitlin Fitz , Our Sister Republics: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 2016), pp. 368, $29.95, hb. PIERO GLEIJESESpp 174 – 176
Julia Gaffield , Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: Recognition after Revolution (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2015), pp. xiii + 270, $29.95, pb. CRISTINA SORIANOpp 176 – 178
Manuel Barcia , West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807–1844 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. xi + 190, £65.00, hb. YUKO MIKIpp 178 – 180
Karen Y. Morrison , Cuba's Racial Crucible: The Sexual Economy of Social Identities, 1750–2000 (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2015), pp. 372, £22.99, pb. ALINE HELGpp 180 – 182
Laura R. Graham and H. Glenn Penny (eds.), Performing Indigeneity: Global Histories and Contemporary Experiences (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2014), pp. ix + 431, $80.00, $35.00, pb. SERGIO MIGUEL HUARCAYApp 182 – 184
Edward C. Lorenz , Dana E. Aspinall and J. Michael Raley (eds.), Montesinos' Legacy: Defining and Defending Human Rights for Five Hundred Years (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014), pp. xv + 260, $90.00; £60.00, hb. PAR ENGSTROMpp 184 – 186
Irina Alexandra Feldman , Rethinking Community from Peru: The Political Philosophy of José María Arguedas (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014), pp. 182, $24.95, pb. ALEXANDRA HIBBETTpp 186 – 188
Patrick Iber , Neither Peace Nor Freedom: The Cultural Cold War in Latin America (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015), pp. 327, $39.95; £31.95, hb. TANYA HARMERpp 188 – 190
Yeidy M. Rivero , Broadcasting Modernity: Cuban Commercial Television, 1950–1960 (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2015), pp. xii + 252, £64.00, £17.99, pb. CHRISTINE EHRICKpp 190 – 191
Gabriela Jonas Aharoni , Argentinian Telenovelas: Southern Sagas Rewrite Social and Political Reality (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2015), pp. ix + 152, £50.00, hb. NIALL GERAGHTYpp 192 – 193
Charles V. Heath , The Inevitable Bandstand: The State Band of Oaxaca and the Politics of Sound (Lincoln, NE, and London, University of Nebraska Press, 2015), pp. xii + 218, £20.99, pb. GUY THOMSONpp 193 – 195
Kurt Weyland , Making Waves: Democratic Contention in Europe and Latin America since the Revolutions of 1848 (New York and London: Cambridge University Press, 2014), pp. x + 318, $85.00, $29.99, pb; £55.00, £19.99, pb. HILLEL DAVID SOIFERpp 195 – 197
Nina Schneider and Marcia Esparza (eds.), Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America: A Janus-Faced Paradigm? (Lanham, MD, and London, Lexington Books, 2015), pp. xxviii + 186, $80.00; £52.95, hb. RALUCA GROSESCUpp 197 – 198
William Paul Simmons and Carol Muller (eds.), Binational Human Rights: The U.S.–Mexico Experience (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014), pp. vi + 300, $55.00; £36.00, hb. ANA COVARRUBIASpp 198 – 200
Winifred Tate , Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: U.S. Policymaking in Colombia (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015), pp. xii + 284, $25.95, pb. ANNETTE IDLERpp 200 – 202
Erin Fitz-Henry , US Military Bases and Anti-Military Organizing: An Ethnography of an Air Force Base in Ecuador (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), pp. xvi + 231, £65.00, hb. MARC BECKERpp 202 – 204
Ulla D. Berg , Mobile Selves: Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S. (New York and London: New York University Press, 2015), pp. xv + 304, £35.00, hb. MARK RICEpp 204 – 205
Peter Wade , Carlos López Beltrán , Eduardo Restrepo and Ricardo Ventura Santos (eds.), Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2014), pp. xii + 304, £64.00, £16.99, pb. ELENA CALVO GONZALEZpp 206 – 207
Lucas Bessire , Behold the Black Caiman: A Chronicle of Ayoreo Life (Chicago, IL, and London: University of Chicago Press, 2014), pp. xiii + 310, $27.50, pb. VALENTINA BONIFACIOpp 207 – 209
Jeffrey Hoelle , Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2015), pp. xiv +196, $45.00, hb. STEPHEN NUGENTpp 209 – 210
Felipe Amin Filomeno , Monsanto and Intellectual Property in South America (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), pp. xiii + 187, £68.00, hb. SEBASTIAN HAUNSSpp 210 – 212
Mauricio Font , The State and the Private Sector in Latin America: The Shift to Partnership (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), pp. xvi + 302, £55.00, hb. CARLOS CABALLEROpp 212 – 214