Latin American Studies~2012 - University of Pittsburgh Press

M E X I C O & C E N T R A L A M E R I CA
Organized Crime and Democratic
Governability
Mexico and the U.S.–Mexican Borderlands
Landscapes of Struggle
Politics, Society, and Community in El Salvador
Edited by JOHN J. BAILEY and ROY G. GODSON
2001 • 288 pp. • 978-0-8229-5758-4 • Paper $24.95 • ITEM NO. 598 • SALE PRICE $19.96 • ePub available
PITT LATIN AMERICAN SERIES
“An impressive collection of essays that illuminates the problems of drug
trafficking, organized crime and corruption in Mexico. The chapters highlight
individual issues and the overall situation, while the distinctive mix
of contributors from Mexico and the United States offers contrasting yet
complementary perspectives. For students of Mexico and for specialists in
organized crime and drug trafficking this is essential reading.”
—Phil Williams, Director, Ridgway Center for International Security Studies
Edited by ALDO LAURIA-SANTIAGO and LEIGH BINFORD
2004 • 336 pp. • 978-0-8229-5838-3 • Paper $26.95 • ITEM NO. 599 • SALE PRICE $21.56
PITT LATIN AMERICAN SERIES
“An excellent example of a new generation of scholarship on El Salvador.
It represents a concerted effort to apply the insights of subaltern studies,
gender studies, historical anthropology, and cultural studies to the understanding
of the country’s past.”
—Héctor Lindo-Fuentes, Director of the Latin American and Latino
Studies Institute, Fordham University
Still Fighting
The Nicaraguan Women’s Movement, 1977–2000
KATHERINE ISBESTER
2001 • 272 pp. • 978-0-8229-5757-7 • Paper $24.95 • ITEM NO. 600 • SALE PRICE $19.96 • ePub available
PITT LATIN AMERICAN SERIES
“Students and scholars unfamiliar with this Latin American feminist history
wil benefit from reading this sensitive analysis of a culturally diverse
women’s movement that has attained a strong identity and political orientation
during the last, turbulent quarter of the twentieth century.”
—The Americas
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