New Acquisitions in HOMER Jan. 30, 2009 Part 1

Hi folks,

Here is a list of the most recent acquisitions of materials for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. In later post, I will send a list for materials for Latino Studies, Spain and Spanish language and Literature.

Enjoy the list!

New Films

• Lista De Espera. Directed by Genius Entertainment, Gerardo Herrero, Camilo Vives, et al. New York: Genius Entertainment, 2008; 2000.
• Páginas Del Diario De Mauricio. Directed by Manuel Pérez, Rolando Brito, Enrique Molina, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Larisa Vega and Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica. Havana, Cuba: Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos, 2006.
• Oriana. Directed by Fina Torres, Patrick Sandrin, Marianela Alas, et al. Chicago, Ill.: Cinemateca; Distributed by Facets Video, 2004; 1985.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies (General Works-Various Topics)

• Borge, Jason. LATIN AMERICAN WRITERS AND THE RISE OF HOLLYWOOD CINEMA. Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature. New York: Routledge, 2008.
  
• Branche, Jerome. RACE, COLONIALISM, AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. . Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008.
  
• Darling, Juanita. LATIN AMERICA, MEDIA, AND REVOLUTION : COMMUNICATION IN MODERN MESOAMERICA. Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Mass media Political aspects--Latin America--Revolutions--Latin America Politics and government--20th century.
• Gallagher, Susan V. POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE AND THE BIBLICAL CALL FOR JUSTICE. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1994. . Christianity and literature--Literature, Modern--History and criticism--Postcolonialism in literature--Imperialism in literature--Colonies in literature--Justice in literature--Postcolonialism.
• Haggard, Stephan and Robert R. Kaufman. DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY, AND WELFARE STATES : LATIN AMERICA, EAST ASIA, AND EASTERN EUROPE. . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
  
• Harvey, Tamara. FIGURING MODESTY IN FEMINIST DISCOURSE ACROSS THE AMERICAS, 1633-1700. Women and Gender in the Early Modern World. Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008. . America Literatures--History and criticism--Women authors--Literature, Modern 17th century.
• Keegan, William F. and Lisabeth A. Carlson. TALKING TAINO : ESSAYS ON CARIBBEAN NATURAL HISTORY FROM a NATIVE PERSPECTIVE. Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2008. . Taino Indians--Antiquities--Social life and customs--First contact with Europeans--West Indies.
• Martín-Estudillo, Luis and Roberto Ampuero. POST-AUTHORITARIAN CULTURES : SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA's SOUTHERN CONE. Hispanic Issues. Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008. Democratization--Southern Cone of South America--Spain--Art Political aspects--Politics and literature
• Museo del Barrio, Deborah Cullen, and Maris Bustamante. ARTE [NO ES] VIDA : ACTIONS BY ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAS 1960-2000. New York: El Museo Del Barrio, 2008. . Performance art Latin America--20th century--Arts, Latin American.
• Myers, Kathleen Ann, Nina M. Scott, and Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés,Gonzalo. FERNÁNDEZ DE OVIEDO's CHRONICLE OF AMERICA : A NEW HISTORY FOR A NEW WORLD. . Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007. . Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557--Historia general y natural de las Indias--America--Early accounts to 1600--America Discovery and exploration--Historiography--Biography--Historians America--Historians Spain--Explorers America--Explorers Spain.
• Operé, Fernando. INDIAN CAPTIVITY IN SPANISH AMERICA : FRONTIER NARRATIVES. . Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008. Indian captivities--Latin America.
• Robinson, William I. LATIN AMERICA AND GLOBAL CAPITALISM : A CRITICAL GLOBALIZATION PERSPECTIVE. Johns Hopkins Studies in Globalization. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. . Latin America--Economic integration--Globalization Economic aspects--Capitalism.
• Rosen, Fred. EMPIRE AND DISSENT : THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA. American encounters/global Interactions. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. Imperialism--History--Latin America Relations--United States--United States Relations--Latin America.

Latin American & Caribbean Literature/Writers in Translation

• Aravena de Herron, Sandra E. THE CHANGING FACES OF CHILEAN POETRY : a TRANSLATION OF AVANT-GARDE, WOMEN's, AND PROTEST POETRY. . Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. . Chilean poetry 20th century--Translations into English--Chilean poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
• Benegas, Noni (Argentina) and Noël Maureen Valis. BURNING CARTOGRAPHY. Austin, TX: Host Publications, 2007.
• Bolaño, Roberto (Chile) and Laura Healy. THE ROMANTIC DOGS : 1980-1998. . New York: New Directions Pub., 2008. Chilean poetry.
• Fierro, Enrique (Uruguay) and Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth. NATURAL SELECTION
• Gonzalez-Gerth, Miguel (Mexico). LOOKING FOR THE HORSE LATITUDES. Austin, Tex.: Host Pub., 2007. . Mexican poetry--20th century. (Bilingual edition)
• Kaplan, Betina. GÉNERO y VIOLENCIA EN LA NARRATIVA DEL CONO SUR, 1954-2003. Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY: Tamesis, 2007. . Latin American literature 20th century--History and criticism--Women and literature--Southern Cone of South America--Feminist literary criticism--Feminism in literature--Violence in literature.
• Legras, Horacio. LITERATURE AND SUBJECTION : THE ECONOMY OF WRITING AND MARGINALITY IN LATIN AMERICA. Illuminations. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. . Latin American literature 20th century--History and criticism--Marginality, Social, in literature.
• Lihn, Enrique (Chile) and Dave Oliphant. FIGURES OF SPEECH : POEMS. . Austin, Tex.: Host Publications, 1999. . Lihn, Enrique--Translations into English.
• Márquez, Robert. PUERTO RICAN POETRY : A SELECTION FROM ABORIGINAL TO CONTEMPORARY TIMES. . Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. . Puerto Rican poetry--Translations into English.
• Vitale, Ida (Uruguay) and Sarah Pollack. REASON ENOUGH. Austin, TX: Host Publications, 2007.

Indigenous People (History and Contemporary Issues)

• Asselbergs, Florine G. L. CONQUERED CONQUISTADORS : THE LIENZO DE QUAUHQUECHOLLAN : A NAHUA VISION OF THE CONQUEST OF GUATEMALA. Mesoamerican Worlds. Boulder, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, 2008. . Manuscripts, Nahuatl--Guatemala--Aztecs History--Sources--Mexico History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Guatemala History--To 1500.
• Becker, Marc. INDIANS AND LEFTISTS IN THE MAKING OF ECUADOR's MODERN INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS. Latin American Otherwise. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. . Indians of South America Ecuador Cayambe--Politics and government--Social conditions--Social movements Ecuador--Cayambe--Communism Ecuador--Cayambe (Ecuador).
• Diel, Lori Boornazian. THE TIRA DE TEPECHPAN : NEGOTIATING PLACE UNDER AZTEC AND SPANISH RULE. . Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. . Aztecs Mexico Tepexpan History--Chronology--Tepexpan (Mexico) History--Aztec art Mexico--Tepexpan--Aztecs--First contact with Europeans--Mexico History--To 1810--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Spain Colonies America--Administration.
• Earle, Rebecca. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE : INDIANS AND MYTH-MAKING IN SPANISH AMERICA, 1810-1930. . Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. . Indians--Politics and government--Government relations--Ethnic identity--Ethnicity--Latin America--Indian mythology--Nationalism--Ethnic relations--Spain Colonies--America.
• Gollnick, Brian. REINVENTING THE LACANDÓN : SUBALTERN REPRESENTATIONS IN THE RAIN FOREST OF CHIAPAS. . Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. . Lacandon Indians--Ethnic identity--Psychology--Politics and government--Mayas in literature--Indians in motion pictures--Indians in mass media--Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico).
• Perutz, Sidney S. STRANGE RECIPROCITY : MAINSTREAMING WOMEN's WORK IN TEPOZTLÁN IN THE "DECADE OF THE NEW ECONOMY". . Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008. . Indian women Mexico Tepoztlán--Economic conditions--Women Employment Mexico--Tepoztlán--Indians of Mexico Commerce Mexico--Tepoztlán (Mexico).
• Postero, Nancy Grey. NOW WE ARE CITIZENS : INDIGENOUS POLITICS IN POSTMULTICULTURAL BOLIVIA. . Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2007. . Guarani Indians Bolivia Santa Cruz (Dept.)--Politics and government--Government relations--Multiculturalism Political aspects Bolivia--Santa Cruz (Dept.)--Neoliberalism Bolivia--Santa Cruz (Bolivia : Dept.) Ethnic relations--Political aspects--Santa Cruz (Bolivia : Dept.)

Diaspora/Migrations/Transborder Issues

• Bacon, David. ILLEGAL PEOPLE : HOW GLOBALIZATION CREATES MIGRATION AND CRIMINALIZES IMMIGRANTS. . Boston: Beacon Press, 2008. . Alien labor--United States--Developing countries--Globalization--Economic aspects--Social aspects--Labor policy--Labor movement--Labor unions United States--Political activity--Illegal aliens.
• Dwyer, John Joseph. THE AGRARIAN DISPUTE : THE EXPROPRIATION OF AMERICAN-OWNED RURAL LAND IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY MEXICO. American encounters/global Interactions. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. . Land reform--Mexico--Land tenure--Mexico Boundaries--United States--United States Boundaries--Mexico Relations--United States Relations.
• Hellman, Judith Adler. THE WORLD OF MEXICAN MIGRANTS : THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE. . New York: New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co., 2008. . Mexican Americans--Interviews--Immigrants United States--Mexicans--Mexican Americans Social conditions.
• Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette. GOD's HEART HAS NO BORDERS : HOW RELIGIOUS ACTIVISTS ARE WORKING FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. . Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Religion and state--United States--Faith-based human services--United States Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Social justice--Religion and justice.
• Jouët-Pastré, Clémence, Leticia J. Braga, and David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. BECOMING BRAZUCA : BRAZILIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES. David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies, Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies : distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008. . Brazil--Emigration and immigration--United States--Immigrants--Brazilians--Brazilian Americans--Cultural assimilation.
• Kamen, Henry. THE DISINHERITED : EXILE AND THE MAKING OF SPANISH CULTURE, 1492-1975. New York, N.Y.: HarperPerennial., 2008. An analysis of the role of exiles in the evolution of Spanish culture traces the contributions of the Spanish state's racial minorities and dissidents over the course of five hundred years, arguing that Spanish exiles became universal products of their changed culture. Spain--Civilization--History--Exiles.
• Model, Suzanne. WEST INDIAN IMMIGRANTS : a BLACK SUCCESS STORY?. . New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2008. . West Indian Americans--Social conditions--Economic conditions--Blacks United States--Immigrants United States--Success--United States--Race relations.
• Paerregaard, Karsten. PERUVIANS DISPERSED : a GLOBAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF MIGRATION. . Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008. . Peruvians--Foreign countries--Peru--Emigration and immigration.
• Ramírez-Johnson, Johnny. AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL MOBILITY : IMMIGRANT MEMBERSHIP IN a SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUERTO RICAN ETHNIC CHURCH. . Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. Seventh-Day Adventists--Membership--Seventh-Day Adventists Massachusetts--Leominster--Puerto Ricans--Religion--Social conditions--Economic conditions.
• Schmidt, Bettina E. CARIBBEAN DIASPORA IN USA : DIVERSITY OF CARIBBEAN RELIGIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. Vitality of Indigenous Religions. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008. . Caribbean Americans New York (State) New York--Social life and customs--Intellectual life--Religion--Popular culture New York (State)--New York--New York (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs--Ethnic relations.
• Staudt, Kathleen A. VIOLENCE AND ACTIVISM AT THE BORDER : GENDER, FEAR, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN CIUDAD JUÁREZ. Inter-America Series. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. . Homicide Mexico--Ciudad Juárez--Women Crimes against Mexico--Sexual abuse victims Mexico--Victims of violent crimes Mexico--Women political activists--Mexican-American Border Region--Human rights--Police misconduct Mexico--Migrant labor.
• Monroy, Douglas. THE BORDERS WITHIN : ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE U.S. . Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. . United States Relations--Mexico--Mexico Relations--United States--Cultural relations--National characteristics, American--National characteristics, Mexican--United States Civilization--Mexican influences--Mexico Civilization--American influences--Mexicans California--History.

Argentina

• Aguilar, Gonzalo Moisés. OTHER WORLDS : NEW ARGENTINEAN FILM. New Concepts in Latino American Cultures. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. . Motion pictures Argentina--History.
• Epstein, Edward and David Pion-Berlin. BROKEN PROMISES? : THE ARGENTINE CRISIS AND ARGENTINE DEMOCRACY. . Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008. . Financial crises--Argentina--Argentina Economic conditions--1983---Argentina Politics and government--1983-2002.
• Kaminsky, Amy K. ARGENTINA : STORIES FOR A NATION. . Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008. . Argentina--In literature--In motion pictures--Foreign public opinion.
• Schneider, Arnd. APPROPRIATION AS PRACTICE : ART AND IDENTITY IN ARGENTINA. Studies of the Americas. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. . Art, Argentine--20th century--Identity (Psychology) in art--Art and society Argentina History--Indian art Argentina--Influence.

Brazil

• Israel, Jonathan I., Stuart B. Schwartz, and Michiel van Groesen. THE EXPANSION OF TOLERANCE : RELIGION IN DUTCH BRAZIL (1624-1654). Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2007. Brazil History--Dutch Conquest, 1624-1654--Religious tolerance.
• McCann, Bryan. THE THROES OF DEMOCRACY : BRAZIL SINCE 1989. Global History of the Present. Halifax, Nova Scotia :Fernwood ; London ; New York; New York: Zed; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Brazil History--1985---Brazil Politics and government--1985-2002—2003.
• Ondetti, Gabriel A. LAND, PROTEST, AND POLITICS : THE LANDLESS MOVEMENT AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AGRARIAN REFORM IN BRAZIL. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. "Analyzes the development of the movement for agrarian reform in Brazil, and attempts to explain the major moments of change in its growth trajectory, from the late 1970s to 2006"--Provided by publisher. Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (Brazil)--Land reform--Brazil--Agricultural laborers Brazil--Political activity.

Bolivia

• Muñoz-Pogossian, Betilde. ELECTORAL RULES AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF BOLIVIAN POLITICS : THE RISE OF EVO MORALES. . New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. . Bolivia Politics and government--1982---Morales Ayma, Evo, 1959---Movimiento al Socialismo (Bolivia)--21st century.

Chile

• Gómez-Barris, Macarena. WHERE MEMORY DWELLS : CULTURE AND STATE VIOLENCE IN CHILE. . Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. . Collective memory--Chile--Art Political aspects Chile History--20th century--Chile History--1973-1988--1988-.
• Posner, Paul W. STATE, MARKET, AND DEMOCRACY IN CHILE : THE CONSTRAINT OF POPULAR PARTICIPATION. . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. . Neoliberalism--Chile--Political participation--Chile Politics and government--1988-.

Cuba

• Bain, Mervyn J. RUSSIAN-CUBAN RELATIONS SINCE 1992 : CONTINUING CAMARADERIE IN a POST-SOVIET WORLD. . Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008. . Russia (Federation) Relations--Cuba--Cuba Relations--Russia (Federation)--Post-communism.
• Dodson, Jualynne E. and José Millet Batista. SACRED SPACES AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN ORIENTE CUBA. Religions of the Americas Series. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. . Holguín (Cuba : Province)--Religious life and customs--Sacred space Cuba--Holguín (Province)--Afro-Caribbean cults Cuba.
• Erikson, Daniel P. THE CUBA WARS : FIDEL CASTRO, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE NEXT REVOLUTION. . New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008. . Castro, Fidel, 1926---Influence--Cuba History--1990---United States Relations--Cuba--Cuba Relations--United States.
• Gjelten, Tom. BACARDI AND THE LONG FIGHT FOR CUBA : THE BIOGRAPHY OF a CAUSE. . New York: Viking, 2008. . Bacardí Corporation (Puerto Rico)--History--Rum industry Cuba--Cuba History--Autonomy and independence movements.
• Hearn, Adrian H. CUBA : RELIGION, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND DEVELOPMENT. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. . Religion and civil society--Cuba--Civil society--Social capital (Sociology).
• Lipman, Jana K. GUANTÁNAMO : A WORKING-CLASS HISTORY BETWEEN EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION. American Crossroads. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) Employees--History--Civil-military relations Cuba--Guantánamo Bay--Navy-yards and naval stations, American Cuba--Caimanera (Cuba)--Guantánamo (Cuba).

Dominican Republic

• Carruyo, Light. PRODUCING KNOWLEDGE, PROTECTING FORESTS : RURAL ENCOUNTERS WITH GENDER, ECOTOURISM, AND INTERNATIONAL AID IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. . University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. . Human ecology--Dominican Republic--Conservation of natural resources--Rural conditions--Globalization.
• Padilla, Mark. CARIBBEAN PLEASURE INDUSTRY : TOURISM, SEXUALITY, AND AIDS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Worlds of Desire. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007. . Sex tourism--Dominican Republic--AIDS (Disease)--Gender identity.
  

Honduras

• Tucker, Catherine M. CHANGING FORESTS : COLLECTIVE ACTION, COMMON PROPERTY, AND COFFEE IN HONDURAS. . Berlin: Springer, 2008. . Coffee industry--Honduras--Forest management Environmental aspects--Forest ecology.

Mexico

• Bloom, Nicholas Dagen. ADVENTURES INTO MEXICO : AMERICAN TOURISM BEYOND THE BORDER. Jaguar Books on Latin America Series. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. . Tourism--Mexico--Visitors, Foreign--Americans Travel.
• Brunk, Samuel. THE POSTHUMOUS CAREER OF EMILIANO ZAPATA : MYTH, MEMORY, AND MEXICO's TWENTIETH CENTURY. Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. . Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919--Influence--Mexico Politics and government--20th century--Hero worship--Mexico.
• Levy, Buddy. CONQUISTADOR : HERNÁN CORTÉS, KING MONTEZUMA, AND THE LAST STAND OF THE AZTECS. . New York: Bantam Books, 2008. Mexico History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.
• Martínez, María Elena. GENEALOGICAL FICTIONS : LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE, RELIGION, AND GENDER IN COLONIAL MEXICO. . Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2008. . Mexico--Race relations--Racism Mexico--History--Social classes Mexico--Social classes Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
• Christie, Maria Elisa. KITCHENSPACE : WOMEN, FIESTAS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN CENTRAL MEXICO. Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. Fasts and feasts--Mexico--Kitchens--Social life and customs--Social networks--Women Mexico--Social conditions.
• Sloan, Kathryn A. RUNAWAY DAUGHTERS : SEDUCTION, ELOPEMENT, AND HONOR IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY MEXICO. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. . Seduction Mexico Oaxaca (State) History--19th century--Young women Mexico Oaxaca (State) History.
• Walsh, Casey and University of California, San Diego. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF MEXICAN COMMODITIES : POWER, PRODUCTION, AND PLACE. U.S.-Mexico Contemporary Perspectives Series. La Jolla, Calif.: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2003. . Commercial products Social aspects Mexico--Congresses.
• Witherspoon, Kevin B. BEFORE THE EYES OF THE WORLD : MEXICO AND THE 1968 OLYMPIC GAMES. . DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008. . Olympics--Social aspects--Political aspects.

US-Mexican History

• Chávez, Ernesto. THE U.S. WAR WITH MEXICO : a BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS. The Bedford Series in History and Culture. New York City, NY: Bedford/St. Martins, 2007. . Mexican War, 1846-1848--Sources.
• DeLay, Brian. WAR OF a THOUSAND DESERTS : INDIAN RAIDS AND THE U.S.-MEXICAN WAR. The Lamar Series in Western History. New Haven; Dallas, TX: Yale University Press; Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2008. . Mexican-American Border Region History, Military--19th century--Mexico, North History, Military--Mexican War, 1846-1848--Indians.
• Henshaw, John C. and Gary F. Kurutz. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. "Major John Henshaw's firsthand account of the American invasion of Mexico includes not only narratives of the war's major battles but also forceful critiques of military leadership and strategies and vivid descriptions of Mexico's countryside, cities, and people. Editor Gary Kurutz provides extensive annotations of Henshaw's journals and letters"--Provided by publisher. Henshaw, John C., b. 1815--Diaries--Correspondence--Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives--Campaigns.