journal of latin american studies volume 41 issue 01

JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, VOLUME 41 - ISSUE 01

New Forms of Social Assistance and the Evolution of Social Protection in Latin AmericaARMANDO BARRIENTOS and CLAUDIO SANTIBÁÑEZ

Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 1-26doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005099, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Bio-Hegemony: The Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology in ArgentinaPETER NEWELL


Lost in Translation: Interpreting the Failure of Privatisation in the Brazilian Electric Power IndustrySUNIL TANKHA


Sentencing the Social Question: Court-Made Labour Law in Cases of Occupational Accidents in Argentina, 1900–1915LINE SCHJOLDEN


The Future of Christianity in Latin AmericaDANIEL H. LEVINE


Thomas H. Holloway (ed.), A Companion to Latin American History (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007), pp. x+530, $199.95; £95.00, hb.PETER BLANCHARD


Denise Y. Arnold and Christine A. Hastorf, Heads of State: Icons, Power, and Politics in the Ancient and Modern Andes (Walnut Creek, CA: LeftCoast Press), pp. 296, $65.00, $34.95 pb; £35.00, £18.99 pb.JUSTIN JENNINGSJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 148-150doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005154, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Laura E. Matthew and Michel R. Oudijk (eds.), Indian Conquistadors: Indigenous Allies in the Conquest of Mesoamerica (Norman, OK: University ofOklahoma Press, 2007), pp. xiv+349, $45.00, hb.WILLIAM R. FOWLERJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 150-152doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005166, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Nora E. Jaffary, Gender, Race and Religion in the Colonization of the Americas (Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate, 2007), pp. xii+206, £55.00 hb.ELLEN GUNNARSDOTTIR


Víctor Peralta Ruiz, Patrones, clients y amigos: El poder burocrático indiano en la España del siglo XVIII (Madrid: Consejo Superior deInvestigaciones Científicas, 2006), pp. 289, pb.ADRIAN PEARCEJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 154-156doi: 10.1017/S0022216X0800518X, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

William E. French and Katherine Elaine Bliss (eds.), Gender, Sexuality and Power in Latin America since Independence (Lanham, MD: Rowman &Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007), pp. viii+309, £19.99, pb.ROSIO CORDOVA PLAZAJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 156-157doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005191, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

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Brian Vale, Cochrane in the Pacific: Fortune and Freedom in Spanish America (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2007), pp. ix+238, £25.00, hb.TIMOTHY E. ANNA


Gerald Horne, The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade (New York, NY: New York University Press, 2007), pp.v+341, $75.00, $24.00 pb.DALE T. GRADENJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 159-161doi: 10.1017/S0022216X0800521X, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Dale Torston Graden, From Slavery to Freedom in Brazil: Bahia, 1835–1900 (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2006), pp.xxviii+297, $24.95, pb.MARY ANN MAHONYJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 161-162doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005221, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Matt D. Childs, The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle against Atlantic Slavery (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press,2006), pp. xi+300, $55, $21.95 pb.ANTONI KAPCIAJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 162-164doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005233, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Matthew Brown (ed.), Informal Empire in Latin America: Culture, Commerce and Capital (Malden, MA, and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2008), pp.xi+274, £19.99; €27.00, pb.PHILLIP DEHNEJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 164-166doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005245, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Ignacio Klich (ed.), Árabes y Judíos en América Latina: Historia, representaciones y desafíos (Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI Editora Iberoamericana,2006), pp. 409, pb.DANIEL H. LEVINEJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 166-168doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005257, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Justin Wolfe, The Everyday Nation-State: Community & Ethnicity in Nineteenth-Century Nicaragua (Lincoln, NE, and London: University of NebraskaPress, 2008), pp. xi+272, £22.00, hb.HÉCTOR LINDO-FUENTESJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 168-170doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005269, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

James Alex Garza, The Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City (Lincoln, NE, & London: University of Nebraska Press,2008), pp. x+220, £25.00, hb.ROBERT BUFFINGTONJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 170-172doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005270, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Iván Molina Jiménez, Anticomunismo reformista: Competencia electoral y cuestión social en Costa Rica (1931–1948) (San José: Editorial CostaRica, 2007), pp. 222, pb.RODOLFO CERDASJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 172-174doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005282, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Harvey R. Neptune, Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press,2007), pp. xiii+274, $59.95, $21.95 pb.COLIN CLARKEJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 174-176doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005294, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Gerald Horne, Cold War in a Hot zone: The United States Confronts Labour and Independence Struggles in the British West Indies (Philadelphia,PA: Temple University Press, 2007), pp. 262, $25.95, pb.AVIVA CHOMSKYJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 176-177doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005300, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009














Theron Corse, Protestants, Revolution, and the Cuba-U.S. Bond (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007), pp. xi+195, $59.95, hb.DANIEL R. MILLER


Turid Hagene, Negotiating Love in Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: The role of Love in the Reproduction of Gender Asymmetry (Bern: Peter Lang,2008), pp. 341, €55.40; £36.00; $85.95, pb.CLAUDIA LOZANOJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 179-181doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005324, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Roger Sansi, Fetishes and Monuments: Afro-Brazilian Art and Culture in the 20th Century (Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2007), pp. 213, £30.00, hb.EMMA COHEN


Sean Stroud, The Defence of Tradition in Brazilian Popular Music: Politics, Culture and the Creation of Música Popular Brasileira (Aldershot:Ashgate, 2008), pp. ix+215, £50.00, hb.LISA SHAWJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 183-184doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005348, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Brian Wampler, Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation, and Accountability (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State UniversityPress, 2007), pp. xvi+312, $55.00, hb.AARON SCHNEIDERJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 184-186doi: 10.1017/S0022216X0800535X, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Steve Ellner, Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and the Chávez Phenomenon (Boulder, CO, and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers,2008), pp. xiv+257, £37.50, hb.DIANA RABYJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 186-188doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005361, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Sian Lazar, El Alto, Rebel City: Self and Citizenship in Andean Bolivia (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 2008), pp. xiii+328, £51.00,£12.99 pb.JUAN MANUEL ARBONAJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 188-191doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005373, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Marc Becker, Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador's Modern Indigenous Movements (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press,2008), pp. xxv+303, $79.95, $22.95 pb.DONNA LEE VAN COTTJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 191-192doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005385, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Jonathan Fox, Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. xi+438, £55.00, £14.99 pb.ALBERTO ARCE


C. Mathews Samson, Re-enchanting the World: Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands (Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of AlabamaPress, 2007), pp. xvii+197, $60.00, $29.95 pb.HENRI GOORENJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 194-196doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005403, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Norman E. Whitten Jr. and Dorothea Scott Whitten, Puyo Runa: Imagery and Power in Modern Amazonia (Urbana and Chicago IL: University ofIllinois Press, 2008), pp. xxvi+304, £13.99, pb.CASEY HIGHJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 197-198doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005415, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009














Neil L. Whitehead and Robin Wright (eds.), In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia (Durham,NC: Duke University Press, 2004), pp. 327, £17.50, pb.DANIELA M. PELUSOJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 199-200doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005427, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Lawrence Ziegler-Otero, Resistance in an Amazonian Community: Huaorani Organizing Against the Global Economy (New York and Oxford:Berghahn Books, 2007), pp. vii+176, $25.00, pb.EVAN KILLICKJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 200-202doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005439, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Anil Hira, An East Asian Model for Latin American Success (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007), pp. xx+186, £55.00, hb.LUCIANO CIRAVEGNA


Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien and Paul Haslam (eds.), Governing the Americas; Assessing Multilateral Institutions (Boulder, CO, and London:Lynne Rienner, 2007), pp. vii+317, £40.95, hb.GEORGE PHILIPJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 203-205doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005452, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Linn Hammergren, Envisioning Reform: Improving Judicial Performance in Latin America (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press,2007), pp. 360, $65.00, hb.JULIO RIOS-FIGUEROAJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 205-207doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005464, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Kathryn Hochstetler and Margaret E. Keck. Greening Brazil: Environmental Activism in State and Society (Durham and London: Duke UniversityPress, 2007), pp. xviii+283, $84.95, $23.95 pb; £55.00, £13.99 pb.EDUARDO SILVAJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 207-209doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005476, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

David V. Carruthers (ed.), Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice (London: The MIT Press, 2008), pp. vi+329,£39.95, £16.95 pb.ROGERIO PALHARES DE ARAUJOJournal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 209-210doi: 10.1017/S0022216X08005488, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

Christopher Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, Stephen R. Gliessman, David Goodman, and Jonathan Fox (eds.), Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade,Sustainable Livelihoods, and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2008), pp. xii+390, £43.95, £17.95pb.Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 41, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 211-212doi: 10.1017/S0022216X0800549X, Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2009

George J. Borjas (ed.), Mexican Immigration to the United States (Chicago and London: Chicago University Press, 2007), pp. xi+338, $60.00, hb.DANIEL M. MASTERSON


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LAS volume 41 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

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