Abstract: | Books reviewed: Moreno Cebrián El virreinato del marqués de Castelfuerte 1724–1736: el primer intento borbónico por reformar el Perú Schwaller The Church in Colonial Latin America Uribe-Uran Honorable Lives: Lawyers, Family, and Politics in Colombia, 1780–1850 López-Alves State Formation and Democracy in Latin America, 1810–1900 Bieber Power, Patronage, and Political Violence: State Building on a Brazilian Frontier, 1822–1889 Scott Slave Emancipation in Cuba: The Transition to Free Labor, 1860–1899 Suárez Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870–1920 Hora The Landowners of the Argentine Pampas. A Social and Political History 1860–1945 Brennan and Pianetto Region and Nation: Politics, Economy and Society in Twentieth Century Argentina Klarén Peru: Society and nationhood in the Andes Grandin Streets, The Blood of Guatemala. A History of Race and Nation Serbin Secret Dialogues: Church-State Relations, Torture, and Social Justice in Authoritarian Brazil Kingstone and Power Democratic Brazil. Actors, institutions and Processes Piedra and Sonnleitner (eds) Democracia en tierras indÃgenas: Las elecciones en Los Altos de Chiapas (1991–1998) Harris To Make the Earth Bear Fruit: Ethnographic Essays on Fertility, Work and Gender in Highland Bolivia Agier Anthropologies du Carnaval: la ville la fête et l'Afrique à Bahia Wade Music, Race, and Nation: Música Tropical in Columbia |