Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Bulmer‐Thomas, Victor (ed.) (1996), Thirty Years of Latin American Studies in the United Kingdom 1965–1995 Peter F. Guardino (1996), Peasants, Politics, and the Formation of Mexico's National State Guerrero, 1800–1857 William B. Taylor (1996), Magistrates of the Sacred. Priests and Parishioners in Eighteenth‐Century Mexico Martin, Cheryl English (1996), Governance and Society in Colonial Mexico: Chihuahua in the Eighteenth Century Berman Santana, Déborah (1996), Kicking off the Bootstraps: Environment, Development and Community Power in Puerto Rico Dupuy, Alex (1997), Haiti in the New World Order: The Limits of the Democratic Revolution Farer, Tom (ed) (1996), Beyond Sovereignity: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Americas. Mainwaring, Scott and Soberg Shugart, Matthew (eds) (1997), Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America Aitken, R., Craske, N., Jones G. A. and Stansfield, D. E. (eds)(1996), Dismantling the Mexican State? Mahon, James E. (1996), Mobile Capital and Latin American Development Tokman, Victor E. and Klein E. (eds) (1996), Regulation and the Informal Economy: Micro‐enterprises in Chile, Ecuador and Jamaica Zimmerer, Karl S, (1997), Changing Fortune. Biodiversity and Campesino Livelihood in the Peruvian Andes Drake, Paul W. (1996), Labor Movements and Dictatorships: The Southern Cone in Comparative Perspective Pereira, Anthony W. (1997), The End of the Peasantry Macdonald, Laura (1997), Supporting Civil Society: The Political Role of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Central America Fox, Jonathan and Aranda, Josefina (1996), Decentralization and Rural Development in Mexico: Community Participation in Oaxaca's Municipal Funds Program Keeling, David J. (1996), Buenos Aires: Global Dreams, Local Crises McGuirk, Bernard (1997), Latin American Literature: Symptoms, Risks and Strategies of Post‐Structuralist Criticism Goodrich, Diana Sorensen (1996), Facundo and the Construction of Argentine Culture Zimmerman, Marc (1995), Literature and Resistance in Guatemala: Textual modes and Cultural Politics from ‘El señor Presidente’ to Rigoberta Menchú Fischer, Edwin F. and Brown, R. McKenna (eds) (1996), Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala Hershfield, Joanne (1996), Mexican Cinema/ Mexican Woman, 1940–1950 Melhuus, Marit and Stølen, Kristi Anne (eds) (1997), Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas. Contesting the Power of Latin American Gender Imagery Radcliffe, Sarah and Westwood, Sally (1996), Remaking the Nation: Place, Identity and Politics in Latin America Berryman, Philip (1996), Religion in the Megacity: Catholic and Protestant Portraits from Latin America