Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

コロンビアの和平プロセスのためのEUの支援
Perez de Armino, Karlos (ed.), European Union Support for Colombia's Peace Process: Civil Society, Human Rights and Territorial Peace. (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies) 402 pp. 2023:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <702-669>
ISBN 978-3-031-24796-5 hard ¥11,656.- (税込) EUR 49.99
ISBN 978-3-031-24799-6 paper ¥9,324.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that, despite some limitations and criticisms, could go beyond conventional liberal peace and provide useful lessons. Particular attention is paid to three axes: strengthening civil society, protection of human rights and a territorial peace perspective, as a contribution to the "local turn" in peace policies. The book first outlines the background of the conflict, the EU's two-decade defense of a negotiated peace, and the complexities of the peace process. Then, it analyses the development cooperation and political support provided in different areas: the collective reinsertion of ex-guerrillas, women and gender initiatives, the rights of ethnic communities, the sophisticated transitional justice system, as well as activities on reconciliation,victims and protection of human rights defenders.

Torres-Wong, Marcela, The Indigenous Right to Self-Determination in Extractivist Economies. (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America) 75 pp. 2023:6 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-315>
ISBN 978-1-009-41090-8 paper ¥4,989.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

International norms widely recognize the Indigenous right to self-determination by which Indigenous peoples define and purse their collective aspirations. Nevertheless, as progressive as legal frameworks might appear, in reality, few Indigenous communities enjoy this right and most remain vulnerable and disempowered. Activists blame Latin America's extractivist economies, while governments argue that extractive revenues are necessary to improve Indigenous life. Far from presenting a unified position, rural Indigenous peoples are most often divided over extractive industries. To assess how Indigenous self-determination has progressed, and the role that extractivism plays in this, this Element examines six Indigenous communities in Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru with contrasting experiences of extractive projects. It finds that the Indigenous ability to use favorable legislation in conjunction with available economic resources shapes different self-determination outcomes. Finally, it assesses Indigenous possibilities for self-determination in the light of environmental activism and discourses on Buen Vivir.

Roberts, Sherma / DeShong, Halimah A. F. et al. (eds.), Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Covid-19 and the Caribbean. Volume 1: The State, Economy and Health. 564 pp. 2023:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <702-412>
ISBN 978-3-031-30888-8 hard ¥32,644.- (税込) EUR 139.99

Caribbean countries have had to navigate multiple crises, which have tested their collective resolve through time. In this regard, the region's landscape has been shaped by an interplay of vulnerability and resilience which has brought to the fore possibilities and contradictions. It is within this context that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic must be considered. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Covid-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 1: The State, Economy and Health provides a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Caribbean as the site of enquiry. The edited collection mobilises critical perspectives brought to bear on research produced within and beyond the boundaries and boundedness of conventional academic disciplinary divides, in response to the multi-dimensional crises of our time. The culmination of this collection offers a reimagining of our Caribbean contemporary futures in the hope of finding home-grown solutions, avenues and possibilities. This volume is divided into five (5) parts consisting of twenty-four (24) chapters and weave together thematic strands that focus on governance, the macro and micro aspects of the economy, tourism and hospitality, business management and public health policy. Together, the chapters in this volume tell the story of the extent and effects of Caribbean governments' response to the pandemic and the ways in which industries and organisations have had to pivot to survive and transform their management and operational practices.

Berdan, Frances F., The Aztec Economy. (Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies) 75 pp. 2023:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-425>
ISBN 978-1-009-36809-4 paper ¥4,989.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

The Aztec Economy provides a synthesis and updated examination of the Aztec economy (1325-1521 AD). It is organized around seven components that recur with other Elements in this series: historic and geographic background, domestic economy, institutional economy, specialization, forms of distribution and commercialization, economic development, and future directions. The Aztec world was complex, hierarchical, and multifaceted, and was in a constant state of demographic growth, recoveries from natural disasters, political alignments and realignments, and aggressive military engagements. The economy was likewise complex and dynamic, and characterized by intensive agriculture, exploitation of non-agricultural resources, utilitarian and luxury manufacturing, wide-scale specialization, merchants, markets, commodity monies, and tribute systems.

H.S.クライン他著　ブラジルー初期から21世紀までの経済・社会史
Klein, Herbert S. / Luna, Francisco Vidal, Brazil: An Economic and Social History from Early Man to the 21st Century. 392 pp. 2023:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-436>
ISBN 978-1-00-939192-4 hard ¥22,176.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-00-939197-9 paper ¥7,203.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99 *

This book is the first modern survey of the economic and social history of Brazil from early man to today. Drawing from a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, it provides a comprehensive overview of the major developments that defined the evolution of Brazil. Beginning with the original human settlements in pre-Colombian society, it moves on to discuss the Portuguese Empire and colonization, specifically the importance of slave labor, sugar, coffee, and gold in shaping Brazil's economic and societal development. Finally, it analyzes the revolutionary changes that have occurred in the past half century, transforming Brazil from a primarily rural and illiterate society to an overwhelmingly urban, literate, and industrial one. Sweeping and influential, Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna's synthesis is the first of its kind on Brazil.

Becker, Marc, The Latin American Revolutionary Movement: Proceedings of the First Latin American Communist Conference, June 1929. (Historical Materialism Book Series 291) 832 pp. 2023:9 (Brill, NE) <702-1151>
ISBN 978-90-04-54851-0 hard ¥55,968.- (税込) EUR 240.00 *

This volume collects the proceedings of the First Latin American Communist Conference, organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina in June 1929 by the South American Secretariat of the Moscow-based Communist International (Comintern). The Conference was the first and in some ways only opportunity that communists in Latin America had to engage in a broad discussion of the most important problems and challenges that they faced. The topics that the assembled delegates addressed - including militarism, anti-imperialism, trade union issues, and racial discrimination - were all central to the question of how to organise a strong revolutionary movement. This major documentary collection of the Latin American Communist movement, newly translated into English and with a substantial introduction, remains surprisingly relevant to our world today. With an introduction by Victor Jeifets and Lazar Jeifets.

Colonese, Andre Carlo / Milheira, Rafael Guedes (eds.), Historical Ecology and Landscape Archaeology in Lowland South America. (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) 328 pp. 2023:7 (Springer, GW) <702-1153>
ISBN 978-3-031-32283-9 hard ¥34,976.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America - contributing to biological and landscape diversity. This geographic area has supported human populations since at least the transition from the Pleistocene to Holocene, but the nature and scale of these interactions are matters of debate and their legacy to modern lowland environments is not fully understood. This book brings together works from distinct disciplines, including theoretical and methodological approaches on single case studies or broad regional syntheses, with no chronological constraint. The editors aim to generate a novel contribution reporting the most recent and ground-breaking research on human interactions with past environments and resources in lowland South America, from pre-Columbian to Colonial times. The volume also discusses the legacy of these past interactions and their potential contribution to informing current conservationand development agendas, providing examples of how archaeology and paleoecology can fill gaps in conservation and developmental policy. This volume will be of interest to students, archaeologists, and readers of Latin American studies.

Feldmann, Andreas E. / Luna, Juan Pablo, Criminal Politics and Botched Development in Contemporary Latin America. (Elements in the Politics of Development) 75 pp. 2023:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1154>
ISBN 978-1-108-95805-9 paper ¥4,989.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

This Element investigates the relationship between the narcotics industry and politics and assesses how it influences domestic political dynamics, including economic development prospects in Latin America. It argues that links between criminal organizations, politicians, and state agents give rise to criminal politics (i.e., the interrelated activity of politicians, organized crime actors, and state agents in pursuing their respective agendas and goals). Criminal politics is upending how countries function politically and, consequently, impacting the prospects and nature of their social and economic development. The Element claims that diverse manifestations of criminal politics arise depending on how different phases of drug-trafficking activity (e.g., production, trafficking, and money laundering) interact with countries' distinct politico-institutional endowments. The argument is probed through the systematic examination of four cases that have received scant attention in the specialized literature: Chile,Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Jean, Martine, Policing Freedom: Illegal Enslavement, Labor, and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century Brazil. (Afro-Latin America) 288 pp. 2023:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1155>
ISBN 978-1-009-28911-5 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Policing Freedom uses the case study of Brazil's first penitentiary, the Casa de Correcao, to explore how the Brazilian government used incarceration and enforced labor to control the prison population during the foundational period of Brazilian state formation and postcolonial nation building. Placing this penitentiary within the global debates about the disciplinary benefits of confinement and the evolution of free labor ideology, Martine Jean illustrates how Brazil's political elites envisioned the penitentiary as a way to discipline the free working class. While participating in the debates about the inhumanity of the slave trade, philanthropists and lawmakers, both conservative and liberal, articulated a nation-building discourse that focused on reforming Brazil's vagrants into workers in anticipation of slavery's eventual demise, laying the racialized foundations for policing and incarceration in the post-emancipation period.

Migowski da Silva, Ana Lucia, Mnemonic Practices on Social Media: The Brazilian Dictatorship on Facebook. (Kulturelle Figurationen: Artefakte, Praktiken, Fiktionen) 329 pp. 2023:6 (Springer VS, GW) <702-1157>
ISBN 978-3-658-41275-3 paper ¥25,648.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

This book reflects on discourses about the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-1985) on social media. It examines entanglements between technological and mnemonic practices regarding this historical period. Following Olick and Robbins' (1998) Historical Sociology of Mnemonic Practices, the book analyses more than what social actors say about the past. It explores the externalisation of knowledge about the past based on interactions identified on Facebook. Through this platform, it was possible to map and collect posts, comments, and reactions related to the historical period. This sample reveals perceptions and attitudes of social media users toward the past. The book also discusses socio-technical matters grounding mnemonic practices observed on Facebook. The concept of mnemonic affordance served as a conceptual tool for understanding situational elements involved in what users perceive that they can do on Facebook while articulating meanings about the past. The close analysis of two affordances indicates specificities in the performance of mnemonic practices on Facebook. These issues shed light on struggles for legitimacy regarding memories of the dictatorship and their impact on traditional regimes of knowledge and current public affairs in Brazil.

K.モーガン著　ジャマイカ小史
Morgan, Kenneth, A Concise History of Jamaica. (Cambridge Concise Histories) 304 pp. 2023:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1158>
ISBN 978-1-108-47225-8 hard ¥19,400.- (税込) GB￡ 69.99 *
ISBN 978-1-108-45918-1 paper ¥6,372.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99 *

Kenneth Morgan's history of Jamaica is a social, economic, political, and cultural assessment of the island's most important periods and themes over the past millennium. This includes the island's development before 1500, with detailed material on the Taino society; the two centuries of slavery and its aftermath between 1660 and 1860; the continuance of colonialism between 1860 and 1945; the background to Jamaican independence between 1945 and 1960; and the evolution of Jamaica as an independent nation since the early 1960s. Throughout, Morgan discusses important themes such as race, slavery, empire, poverty, and colonialism, and the unbalanced social structure that existed for much of Jamaica's history - the small, overwhelmingly white elite overseeing and controlling the lives of black and brown people beneath them on the social scale. Ending with an assessment of the contemporary period, this work offers an authoritative, up-to-date history of Jamaica.

Pogrebinschi, Thamy, Innovating Democracy?: The Means and Ends of Citizen Participation in Latin America. (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America) 75 pp. 2023:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1159>
ISBN 978-1-108-71288-0 paper ¥4,989.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

Since democratization, Latin America has experienced a surge in new forms of citizen participation. Yet there is still little comparative knowledge on these so-called democratic innovations. This Element seeks to fill this gap. Drawing on a new dataset with 3,744 cases from 18 countries between 1990 and 2020, it presents the first large-N cross-country study of democratic innovations to date. It also introduces a typology of twenty kinds of democratic innovations, which are based on four means of participation, namely deliberation, citizen representation, digital engagement, and direct voting. Adopting a pragmatist, problem-driven approach, this Element claims that democratic innovations seek to enhance democracy by addressing public problems through combinations of those four means of participation in pursuit of one or more of five ends of innovations, namely accountability, responsiveness, rule of law, social equality, and political inclusion.

ヌエバ・エスパーニャにおける太平洋と自己の形成　1513～1641年
Vallen, Nino, Being the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513-1641. (Cambridge Latin American Studies) 384 pp. 2023:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1165>
ISBN 978-1-009-32207-2 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

In this timely book Nino Vallen tells the story of New Spain's gradual integration into the Pacific Basin and challenges established views about identity formation among the elites of colonial Mexico. It examines how discussions about the establishment and desirability of transpacific connections interacted with more general debates over why some people deserved certain benefits over others. As part of these struggles, New Spain's changing place at the crossroads of transatlantic and transpacific routes became a subject of contention between actors moved by competing notions of a deserving self: the learned councillor, the veteran, the discoverer, the meritorious, the creole and the merchant. Reassessing current historiographical narratives on creole identities and worldviews, Being the Heart of the World contributes to a broader understanding of the early modern self and the ways in which it was shaped by the mobilities of an increasingly globalized world.

van den Bel, Martijn / Francozo, Mariana, The Tapuia of Northeastern Brazil in Dutch Sources (1628-1648). (Early Americas: History and Culture 11) 290 pp. 2023:10 (Brill, NE) <702-1166>
ISBN 978-90-04-54363-8 hard ¥27,517.- (税込) EUR 118.00

This book presents the transcriptions and annotated translations of fifteen key historical documents concerning the Tapuia indigenous people written just before and during the Dutch occupation of northeastern Brazil. The selected documents vary widely in type, including letters, descriptions, reports, first-person declarations, diaries, and transcripts of interrogations, thereby showcasing different perspectives and audiences. Some of the documents were authored by European writers, while others register indigenous voices somewhat more directly in the form of interviews or declarations. These texts provide important first-hand information about the Tapuia and other indigenous peoples during the Dutch conquest, revealing their cultural practices and knowledge while also detailing their strategic engagements with each other and with different European colonizers.

Vasquez, Jorge Daniel, Transforming Ethnicity: Youth and Migration in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes. (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship) 105 pp. 2023:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <702-1167>
ISBN 978-3-031-30096-7 hard ¥11,656.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This book explores how global migration transforms local dynamics in the communal life of indigenous peoples in southern Ecuador. At its heart, the focus is on Canar, a region marked by more than seven decades of migratory flows to the United States. Canar features one of the areas of greatest human mobility in the entire Andean Region. Drawing on data from in-depth interviews and dialogue-based workshops with indigenous youths, the author shows how migratory processes and forms of self-representation have challenged the idea that ethnic identity is tied to fixed cultural patterns. He further shows how youths' transnational experiences reconfigure generational differences within indigenous communities. In analyzing how transnational life, adultcentrism, gender power dynamics, and institutional discourses intersect in the production of indigenous youths' subjectivities, this book provides an innovative approach to the studies of indigenous peoples and migration.

コロンビアの内戦の語りの戦い
Schmidt, Rachel, Framing a Revolution: Narrative Battles in Colombia's Civil War. 300 pp. 2023:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1007>
ISBN 978-1-009-21955-6 hard ¥24,393.- (税込) GB￡ 88.00 *

Rhetorical contests about how to frame a war run alongside many armed conflicts. With the rise of internet access, social media, and cyber operations, these propaganda battles have a wider audience than ever before. Yet, such framing contests have attracted little attention in scholarly literature. What are the effects of gendered and strategic framing in civil war? How do different types of individuals - victims, combatants, women, commanders - utilize the frames created around them and about them? Who benefits from these contests, and who loses? Following the lives of eleven ex-combatants from non-state armed groups and supplemented by over one hundred interviews conducted across Colombia, Framing a Revolution opens a window into this crucial part of civil war. Their testimonies demonstrate the importance of these contests for combatants' commitments to their armed groups during fighting and the Colombian peace process, while also drawing implications for the concept of civil war worldwide.

Taylor, Moe, North Korea, Tricontinentalism, and the Latin American Revolution, 1959-1970. 240 pp. 2023:6 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1069>
ISBN 978-1-009-30524-2 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

In this deftly argued book, Moe Taylor examines the flourishing relationship between North Korea, Cuba, and the Latin American Left through the 1960s. Beginning with the Cuban Revolution, which represented North Korea's first phase of major engagement with the region, both nations found common ground in the belief that the hopes of the international Left relied on an anti-imperialist, anti-US united front - a global campaign of guerrilla warfare against US power. This special partnership included a joint-program to train, arm, and finance revolutionary movements throughout Latin America. In the process, North Korea became an important influence on Cuban and Latin American left-wing discourse on matters of economic development, revolutionary organization and strategy, democracy, and leadership. Both nations pioneered a new Third World-ist political phenomenon - Tricontinentalism - that challenged Soviet and Chinese leadership over the international communist movement, and injected a fiercely radical current into the left-wing and anti-colonial movements of the Global South.