The ReVista book review section features reviews of recent books about Latin America, the Caribbean and the Latinx community in all disciplines.
Recent Reviews
A Review of Cuba: An American History
A Review of Cuba: An American HistoryHavana, founded on Cuba’s southern coast of Cuba, was moved to the northern coast when the conquistadores learned how to take advantage of the Gulf Stream’s force on their way back to Europe. But the Florida strait is also a bond....
A Review of The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central Administrations
A Review of The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central AdministrationsWe are often told that good government requires a well-functioning government bureaucracy, in which public employees are appointed and promoted based on objective assessments...
A Review of In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations
A Review of In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient CivilizationsMerilee Grindle’s fascinating biography of Mexican-American anthropologist Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933), In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search...
A Review of Other Americans: The Art of Latin America in the US Imaginary
A Review of Other Americans: The Art of Latin America in the US Imaginary In everyday English, “American” is said of a person of the United States. The Cambridge Dictionary offers the expanded definition of ”(a person) of or coming from the United States, or of or...
A Review of La revolución malograda
A Review of La revolución malograda: El correato por dentroThe figure and legacy of Rafael Correa still form the axis around which Ecuadorian politics pivot, despite the fact he relinquished power in 2017. It’s enough to look at the 2023 presidential results in which...
A Review of Legacies of War: Violence, Ecologies and Kin
A Review of Legacies of War: Violence, Ecologies and KinIn 1962, Colombian artist Alejandro Obregón unveiled La Violencia, one of his most iconic oil paintings. Imposing in its dimensions, the 61x73 inch canvas appears, initially, to be just a mountainous landscape...
A Review of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
A Review of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point With this important new volume, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are following up on their outstanding bestseller, How Democracies Die (2018). The earlier book constituted a...
A Review of Of Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay
A Review of Of Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in UruguaySize matters. Somewhat paradoxically, Uruguay’s small size—a country of three million—and relative political unimportance made it a key player in international conversations...
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