The Americas
A review of Vital Politics: Medicine and Citizenship in Venezuela, by Amy Ellen Cooper. Civic participation in the administration of public healthcare...
A review of the Archivo General del Estado de Veracruz (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico). I spent a considerable amount of time doing research in the Archivo...
A review of Quotidian Catastrophes in the Modern City: Fire Hazards and Risk in Mexico’s Capital, 1860-1910, by Anna Rose Alexander. The last third of...
A review of The Nature of Oil in Bolivia, 1896-1952, by Stephen Conrad Cote. In October 2003 a popular rebellion in Bolivia’s highlands ousted Preside...
A review of Embodied Marginalities: Disability, Citizenship, and Space in Highland Ecuador, by Nicholas Rattray. Situated at the intersections of medi...
A review of Freedom in Amazonia: The Black Peasantry of Pará, Brazil, 1850-1950, by Oscar de la Torre Cueva. Brazil looms large in the recent...
A review of Practices of Care: Food and the Pursuit of Balance in Rural Yucatán, by Lauren Wynne. Care is a local category of practice...
As part of our mission to become ever more “global,” “Latin American Studies Dissertation Reviews” will bring you friendly, no...
A review of The Social Life of Measures: Metrication in the United States and Mexico, 1789-2004, by Hector Vera. Since its invention by a handful...
A review of Converting Dreams: Money, Religion and Belonging among Peruvian Migrant Laborers in South Korea, by Erica Vogel. Erica Vogel’s Converting ...
A review of A History of the Medical Control of Fertility in Peru, 1895-1976, by Raul Necochea Lopez. In his dissertation, Raul Lopez challenges the.....
A review of You Can’t Go Home Again: Japanese Peruvian Immigrants and the Struggle for Integration and Identity in the Japanese Homeland, by ROBERT ST...