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 The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World
A Review of The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected WorldIn the last two decades, fueled by commemorations of bicentennials and a soon-to-come semi-quincentennial, Atlantic History has experienced a golden age of studies focusing on the...
A Review of Colonial Reckoning. Race and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
A Review of Colonial Reckoning. Race and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Cuba Colonial Reckoning. Race and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Cuba is the latest work by historian Louis A. Pérez Jr., whose broad academic interests have mainly revolved around the...
A Review of Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond
A Review of Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond Scholars of populism in Latin America for much of the period of “the pink tide” in the region during the 2000s and early 2010s associated populism with governments of the left. Presidents such as Hugo Chávez...
A Review of Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border
A Review of Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border Of the millions of firearms produced in the United States annually, tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands are smuggled south to Mexico, Brown University professor Ieva Jusionyte writes in Exit...
A Review of Alberto Edwards: Profeta de la dictadura en Chile by Rafael Sagredo Baeza
A Review of Alberto Edwards: Profeta de la dictadura en Chile Chile is often cited as a country of strong democratic traditions and institutions. They can be broken, however, as shown by the notorious civil-military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). And...
A Review of Labor Power and Strategy
A Review of Labor Power and StrategyIntended as a “back pocket reference and discussion tool” to help a new generation of labor organizers run smart, strategic, effective campaigns, Labor Power and Strategy revolves around an interview with John Womack, the Harvard...
A Review of Llamas beyond the Andes: Untold Histories of Camelids in the Modern World
A Review of Llamas beyond the Andes: Untold Histories of Camelids in the Modern WorldMarcia Stephenson’s Llamas beyond the Andes is about humans making use of another animal. With a dustjacket image of Llinda Llee Llama riding in the back of an automobile in...
A Review of Born in Blood and Fire
From Student ViewsEaston Bevel is a Master’s student at Harvard Extension School, where he is studying International Relations. His work focuses on the intersection of Religion and International Relations. He serves as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and holds...
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