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Drawing on Inquisition records, Sommer “contends that Indigenous exogamous practices were key to historical interaction, exchange, and social development in the Brazilian North.”
🗺️Map by the author, ca. 1750, illustrating key rivers, towns, and missions.
🗺️Map by the author, ca. 1750, illustrating key rivers, towns, and missions.
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Drawing on Inquisition records, Sommer “contends that Indigenous exogamous practices were key to historical interaction, exchange, and social development in the Brazilian North.”
🗺️Map by the author, ca. 1750, illustrating key rivers, towns, and missions.
🗺️Map by the author, ca. 1750, illustrating key rivers, towns, and missions.
By tracing two early attempts at agricultural privatization, Colàs shows how these reforms revealed both the ambitions and the limits of state power in the Andes.
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Between Communal, Emphyteutic, and Private Property: Liberal Experimentation on Agricultural Land in Nineteenth-Century Bolivia | The Americas | Cambridge Core
Between Communal, Emphyteutic, and Private Property: Liberal Experimentation on Agricultural Land in Nineteenth-Century Bolivia
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October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
By tracing two early attempts at agricultural privatization, Colàs shows how these reforms revealed both the ambitions and the limits of state power in the Andes.
📚 Read “Between Communal, Emphyteutic, and Private Property”: bit.ly/3WAwALA
📚 Read “Between Communal, Emphyteutic, and Private Property”: bit.ly/3WAwALA
🏅 Honorable Mention: Travis Knoll
“‘In the Name of the God of All Names’: Yahweh, Obatalá, Olorum”
📖 Read here: bit.ly/4cxPLg0
Congratulations to both authors for their outstanding contributions to The Americas!
“‘In the Name of the God of All Names’: Yahweh, Obatalá, Olorum”
📖 Read here: bit.ly/4cxPLg0
Congratulations to both authors for their outstanding contributions to The Americas!
“In the Name of the God of All Names: Yahweh, Obatalá, Olorum”: The 1981 Quilombos Mass as an Ecumenical Pilgrimage in Brazil | The Americas | Cambridge Core
“In the Name of the God of All Names: Yahweh, Obatalá, Olorum”: The 1981 Quilombos Mass as an Ecumenical Pilgrimage in Brazil - Volume 81 Issue 1
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October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🏅 Honorable Mention: Travis Knoll
“‘In the Name of the God of All Names’: Yahweh, Obatalá, Olorum”
📖 Read here: bit.ly/4cxPLg0
Congratulations to both authors for their outstanding contributions to The Americas!
“‘In the Name of the God of All Names’: Yahweh, Obatalá, Olorum”
📖 Read here: bit.ly/4cxPLg0
Congratulations to both authors for their outstanding contributions to The Americas!
🏅 Winner: Ana Vergara Sierra
“The Escribano of Babel: Power, Exile, and Enslavement in the Venezuelan Llanos during the War of Independence (1806–1833)”
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“The Escribano of Babel: Power, Exile, and Enslavement in the Venezuelan Llanos during the War of Independence (1806–1833)”
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The Escribano of Babel: Power, Exile, and Enslavement in the Venezuelan Llanos During the War of Independence (1806–1833) | The Americas | Cambridge Core
The Escribano of Babel: Power, Exile, and Enslavement in the Venezuelan Llanos During the War of Independence (1806–1833) - Volume 81 Issue 3
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October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🏅 Winner: Ana Vergara Sierra
“The Escribano of Babel: Power, Exile, and Enslavement in the Venezuelan Llanos during the War of Independence (1806–1833)”
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“The Escribano of Babel: Power, Exile, and Enslavement in the Venezuelan Llanos during the War of Independence (1806–1833)”
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He also served in various roles on the editorial board of The Americas, most recently as a long-term senior editor on the Advisory Board.
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In Memoriam: Fr. Francisco Morales Valerio | The Americas | Cambridge Core
In Memoriam: Fr. Francisco Morales Valerio
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September 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
He also served in various roles on the editorial board of The Americas, most recently as a long-term senior editor on the Advisory Board.
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🔗 Read the full obituary here: bit.ly/3Ku4m2g
As of July 2025, Ivonne Wallace Fuentes becomes Senior Editor of The Americas ✨ We are deeply grateful to Fritz for his service and warmly welcome Ivonne as she begins her tenure.
September 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As of July 2025, Ivonne Wallace Fuentes becomes Senior Editor of The Americas ✨ We are deeply grateful to Fritz for his service and warmly welcome Ivonne as she begins her tenure.
Fritz’s own scholarship has also enriched our pages, including his 2025 research note on Franciscan content in The Americas [🔓 bit.ly/3GK3sgc], his 2017 article on Fr. Agustín de Vetancurt [🔓https://bit.ly/4pt9Mul] & and numerous book reviews reflecting his broad expertise.
Articles with Franciscan Content in The Americas, 1944–2023 | The Americas | Cambridge Core
Articles with Franciscan Content in The Americas, 1944–2023 - Volume 82 Issue 1
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September 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Fritz’s own scholarship has also enriched our pages, including his 2025 research note on Franciscan content in The Americas [🔓 bit.ly/3GK3sgc], his 2017 article on Fr. Agustín de Vetancurt [🔓https://bit.ly/4pt9Mul] & and numerous book reviews reflecting his broad expertise.
In her review essay, Christy Thornton asks what these histories can teach us about the possibilities and limits of internationalism today.
📖 Read the full review: bit.ly/4mX5pFW
📖 Read the full review: bit.ly/4mX5pFW
Internationalism, the Mexican Revolution, and the Uses of History | The Americas | Cambridge Core
Internationalism, the Mexican Revolution, and the Uses of History
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August 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In her review essay, Christy Thornton asks what these histories can teach us about the possibilities and limits of internationalism today.
📖 Read the full review: bit.ly/4mX5pFW
📖 Read the full review: bit.ly/4mX5pFW
📚 Kelly Lytle Hernández, Bad Mexicans
📚 Christina Heatherton, Arise!
📚 Dan La Botz, Riding with the Revolution
Each book rethinks histories of cross-border radicalism and the legacies of the Mexican Revolution.
📚 Christina Heatherton, Arise!
📚 Dan La Botz, Riding with the Revolution
Each book rethinks histories of cross-border radicalism and the legacies of the Mexican Revolution.
August 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
📚 Kelly Lytle Hernández, Bad Mexicans
📚 Christina Heatherton, Arise!
📚 Dan La Botz, Riding with the Revolution
Each book rethinks histories of cross-border radicalism and the legacies of the Mexican Revolution.
📚 Christina Heatherton, Arise!
📚 Dan La Botz, Riding with the Revolution
Each book rethinks histories of cross-border radicalism and the legacies of the Mexican Revolution.
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Afro-Andean Sailors and Shipbuilders in Spanish America and the Black Pacific | Hagley
While popular memory may have forgotten them, about half of the sailors, soldiers, missionaries, tradesmen, and colonists that made up the Spanish Empire were Black, people who were part of the Africa...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The Americas | Cambridge Core
The Americas - Myrna Ivonne Wallace Fuentes
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In a new article, @opkeller.bsky.social explores how the U.S. relied on entertainment, mobile projectors & the support of local partners to shape public opinion 📽️ Widespread confidence in film’s persuasive power fueled their efforts even if the impact wasn't clear 📚 Read more: bit.ly/4krcoW6
Saludos Amigos. Disney Propaganda for Latin America | The Americas | Cambridge Core
Saludos Amigos. Disney Propaganda for Latin America
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July 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In a new article, @opkeller.bsky.social explores how the U.S. relied on entertainment, mobile projectors & the support of local partners to shape public opinion 📽️ Widespread confidence in film’s persuasive power fueled their efforts even if the impact wasn't clear 📚 Read more: bit.ly/4krcoW6
We're proud to be a journal where thoughtful editing and wide readership meet. 📚
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Histories of Women and Gender in Latin America: A Special Teaching and Research Collection for The Americas | The Americas | Cambridge Core
Histories of Women and Gender in Latin America: A Special Teaching and Research Collection for The Americas - Volume 82 Issue 1
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June 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We're proud to be a journal where thoughtful editing and wide readership meet. 📚
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