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Class, Ethnicity and Community in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca's Peasantries / Colin Clarke

Review Date:

1 Dec 2001

In this fascinating book, Colin Clarke draws together work from a range of disciplinary traditions to produce a monograph on the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Known predominantly for its large indigenous population and its tourist industry, Clarke uses the concept of 'peasantries' to examine the processes that have shaped one of Mexico's economically-poorest states.

Caribbean New Orleans: Empire, Race, and the Making of a Slave Society / Cécile Vidal

Review Date:

11 Sep 2020

In Caribbean New Orleans Cécile Vidal has brought together a prodigious volume and range of archival research in what is the most detailed social history of the city during the French period.