Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Ritter, Archibald R. M. (ed.) The Cuban Economy . Nun, José. Democracy: Government of the People or Government of the Politicians? Forment, Carlos. Democracy in Latin America 1760–1900: Volume I, Civic Selfhood and Public Life in Mexico and Peru . Sandoval‐García, Carlos. Threatening Others: Nicaraguans and the Formation of National Identities in Costa Rica . Appelbaum, Nancy P., Macpherson, Anne S. and Rosemblatt, Karin Alejandra. Race and Nation in Modern Latin America . Thurner, Mark and Guerrero, Andrés (eds) After Spanish Rule: Postcolonial Predicaments of the Americas . Galinier, Jacques. The World Below: Body and Cosmos in Otomí Indian Ritual . Sacks DaSilva, Zenia (ed.) The Hispanic Connection. Spanish and Spanish‐American Literature in the Arts of the World . Morgenstern, Scott. Patterns of Legislative Politics: Roll‐call Voting in Latin America and the United States .