UC MEXUS News
Number 40, Spring 2003
Index
From our bookshelf
UC MEXUS receives scores of books for review. Contact the publisher to order. Distributor information is included with the titles.
2003
Changing Men and Masculinities in Latin America
Matthew C. Gutmann
2003. Distr.: Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham, NC 27708-0660. Tel.:
(919) 687-3650. $74.95 (paper $24.95). www.dukeupress.edu
The Contemporaneos
Salvador A. Oropesa
2003. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032. $37.50. www.utexas.edu/utpress
Crafting Tradition
Michael Chibnik
2003. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032. $50 (paper $22.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
Crossing Lines
Marc Coronado
2003. Distr.: Multiethnic Student Outreach.
The Devil in Silicon Valley
Stephen J. Pitti
2003. Distr.: Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New
Jersey 08540. $29.95 www.pup.princeton.edu
Felix Longorias Wake
Patrick J. Carrol
2003. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032.$45 (paper $19.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
The Human Tradition in Mexico
Jeffrey M. Pilcher
2003. Distr.: Scholarly Resources, 104 Greenhill Avenue, Wilmington, DE 79805-1897.
Tel.: 800-772-8937.$65 (paper $19.95). www.scholarly.com
Imaginary Identity in New Spain
Magali M. Carrera
2003. Distr.: University of Texas press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032. $34.95. www.utexas.edu/utpress
Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation & the State in Latin America
Kay B. Warren & Jean E. Jackson
2003. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
(512) 471-4032. $50 (paper $22.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
The Mexico Reader
Gilbert M. Joseph & Timothy J. Henderson
2003. Distr.: Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham, NC 27708-0660. Tel.:
(919) 687-3650. $24.95. www.dukeupress.edu
Puro Border
Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
2003. Distr.: Cinco Puntos Press, 701 Texas, El Paso, Texas 79901 $18.95 www.cincopuntos.com
The Social Construction of Ancient Cities
Monica L. Smith
2003. Distr.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300,
Washington, DC 20560-0950. Tel.: (202) 275-2300. $45. www.sipress.si.edu
Las Tejanas
Teresa Palomo Acosta & Ruthe Winegarten
2003. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032. $45 (paper $22.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
This Land is Our Land
Alex Stepic
2003. Distr.: University of California Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA
94720. Tel.: (510) 642-4247. $49.95 (paper $19.95). www.ucpress.edu
Unequal Treatment
Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, & Alan R. Nelson
2003. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. $79.95 (paper $44.95). www.nap.edu
Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics
Victoria E. Rodriguez
2003. Distr.: University of Texas Press, The University of Texas Press, P.O.
Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. Tel: (512) 471-4032. $50 (paper $22.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
2002
Ambassadors of Culture
Kirsten Silva Gruesz
2002. Distr.: Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New
Jersey 08540. $19.95. www.pup.princeton.edu
A Reader in Latin Feminist Theology
Maria Pilar Aquino
2002. Distr.: University of Texas Press, The University of Texas Press, P.O.
Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. Tel: (512) 471-4032. $50 (paper $19.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
The Country Under My Skin
Gioconda Belli
2002. Distr.: Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf Publicity, 299 Park Avenue, 4th Floor,
New York, NY 10171. $25. www.aaknopf.com
Cross-Border Dialogues
David Brooks & Jonathan Fox
2002. Distr.: University of California Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA
94720. Tel.: (510) 642-4247. www.ucpress.edu
Cultures in Contact
Dirk Hoerder
2002. Distr.: Duke University Press. Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham,
NC 27708-0660. Tel.: (919) 687-3650. $100 (paper $ 85). www.dukeupress.edu
Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants
National Research Council
2002. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. $49.95. www.nap.edu
The Environmental Justice Reader
Joni Adamson, Mei Mei evans, & Rachel Stein
2002. Distr.: University of Arizona Press, 355 S. Euclid, Ste. 103, Tucson,
AZ 85719. Tel: (520) 621-1441. $45 (paper $21.95). www.uapress.arizona.edu
Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation, and the State in Latin America
Kay B. Warren & Jean E. Jackson
2002. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032. $50 (paper $22.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
Into the Buzzsaw
Kristina Borjesson
2000. Distr.: Prometheus Books,59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, New York, 14228-2197.Tel:
(800) 421-0351. $26. www.prometheusbooks.com
Latino Images in Film
Charles Ramirez Berg
2002. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032. $60 (paper $24.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
Mestizo Democracy
John Francis Burke
2002. Distr.: Texas A&M University Press. Tel: (800)826-8911. $39.95. www.tamu.edu/upress
Migration, Mujercitas, an Medicine Men Living in Urban Mexico
Valentina Napolitano
2002. Distr.: University of California, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Tel: (510) 642-4247. $49.95 (paper $19.95). www.ucpress.edu
Minority Students
Suzanne M. Donovan and Christoper T. Cross
2002. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. $49.95. www.nap.edu
Rara
Elizabeth McAllister
2002. Distr.: University of California Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA
94720. Tel: (510) 642-4247. $60 (paper $24.95). www.ucpress.edu
Riparian Areas
National Research Council
2002. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. $52. www.nap.edu
Saving Migrant Birds
John Faaborg
2002. University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. Tel:
(512) 471-4032.$50 (paper $22.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
Shaping the Political Arena
Ruth Berins Collier & David Collier
2002. Distr.: University of Notre Dame Press, 310 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame,
IN 46556. Tel: (800) 621-2736. $35. www.undpress.nd.edu
Speaking of Health
Institute of Medicine
2002. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. $49.95. www.nap.edu
Temas Ambientales A lo Largo de la Frontera Entre Estados Unidos y Mexico
Diana M. Liverman
2002. Distr.: El Colegio de Mexico. www.colmex.mx.com
Who We Are
Robert H. Wiebe
2002. Distr.: Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New
Jersey 08540. $24.95 (paper $17.95). www.pup.princeton.edu
Why am I so Brown
Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.
2002. Distr.: March Abrazo Press, P.O. Box 2890, Chicago, IL 60690. Tel: (773)539-0013.
$12. www.marchabrazo.org
2001
Adding it Up
National Research Council
2001. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. $29.95. www.nap.edu
America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences
Neil J. Smelser, William Julius Wilson & Faith Mitchel
2001. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. Volumes I & II. $49.95 (paper
$24.95). www.nap.edu
Managing Mexico
Sarah Babb
2001. Distr.: Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New
Jersey 08540. $35 (paper $24.95). http://www.pup.princeton.edu
The Right Thing To Do
Institute of Medicine
2001. Distr.: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Box 285,
Washington, D.C. 20055. Tel: (800) 624-6242. $44. www.nap.edu
Ruptura y Oposicion
Elisa Servin
2001. Distr.: Cal y Arena.
Una Literatura Para Salvar el Alma
Maria Concepcion Lugo Olin
2001. Distr.: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia.
2000
Delirio
Marie Theresa Hernandez
2000. Distr.: University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Tel: (512) 471-4032. $55 ($24.95). www.utexas.edu/utpress
Oaxaca Ceramics
Lois Wasserspring
2000. Distr.: Chronicle Books. www.chroniclebooks.com
Sociedad, Derecho, y Medio Ambiente
Martha Banueloz
2000. Distr.: Universidad Autonomana Metropolitana.
1999
Noroeste de Mexico
Jose Luis Moctezuma & Maria Elisa Villalpando
1999. Distr.: Centro INAH Sonora.
Visiones Fronteras
Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez
1999. Distr.: University of Arizona Press, 355 S. Euclid, Ste. 103, Tucson,
AZ 85719. Tel: (520) 621-1441. www.uapress.arizona.edu