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The Legacy of Carmen Diana Deere: Gender, Households, and Market Integration—An Introduction
Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT This paper traces the trajectory of Carmen Diana Deere's work and provides a broad overview of her contributions to understanding the political economy of agrarian change in Latin America. The overview provides context for the groundbreaking work of scholars in this special issue and discusses how they extend Deere's work in three main areas ...
Günseli Berik, Mieke Meurs
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Memoria Americana, 2016 Reseña sobre el libro Del gobierno y su tutela. La reforma a las haciendas locales del siglo XVIII y el Cabildo de México, de Esteban Sánchez de Tagle (2014). México, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (287 págs.).
Rogelio Jiménez Marce
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American Journal of Botany, Volume 112, Issue 11, November 2025.Abstract Premise Comparative surveys allow us to characterize the influence of specific factors on population genetic diversity and structure. We conducted a comparative phylogeographic study for three Mexican oak species to identify how their climatic niche preferences and breadth may have influenced historical demography and range shifts during ...
Ricardo Gaytan‐Legaria +3 more
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The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1068-1087, November 2025.Abstract Sustained long‐distance trade in the early modern era necessitated institutional mechanisms capable of solving three interrelated challenges: the need to mobilize an unprecedented volume of capital and to lock it in for long periods of time, ways of mitigating the principal–agent problem across continents, and methods to internalize and ...
Juan José Rivas Moreno
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Sociology Lens, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 212-224, September 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the peasant revolution that took place in Bolivia between November 1952 and November 1953 and seeks to explain why the peasantry took a revolutionary path. While existing explanations have emphasized the exploitative nature of the hacienda and the influence of external political actors, this article argues that the ...
Arián Laguna Quiroga
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Review of Policy Research, Volume 42, Issue 5, Page 1184-1200, September 2025.ABSTRACT Disasters exacerbate political tensions, making politicians more vulnerable to criticisms from both internal and external actors. This vulnerability fuels political actors' desire to undermine their rivals' popularity through blame games. While blame games are frequent and intense in Turkish politics, how they are linguistically constructed ...
Melih Nadi Tutan
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Rainforest Fragmentation Decreases the Robustness of Plant‐Frugivore Interaction Networks
Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 4, July 2025.Our study in northern Costa Rica found that larger forest fragments and greater forest cover boost frugivore species richness and strengthen the modularity and robustness of plant–frugivore networks, with three tanager species serving as key species. Consequently, conserving these species and maintaining larger, contiguous forest areas is essential for
David Becker +8 more
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History and Legacy of Andean Research in Nuñoa, Peru
American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT The high‐altitude town and associated political district of Nuñoa, Peru, has served as an anthropological field research site for more than 60 years. The earliest studies were initiated by Paul T. Baker and his students from Penn State University in 1962.
Michael A. Little +2 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 671-683, May 2025.ABSTRACT Understanding soil erosion, its history and links to potential drivers such as land use (particularly agriculture and deforestation), different cultural perspectives and climate change are crucial for the development of effective management and conservation strategies.
Jahzeel Aguilera Lara, SARAH E. Metcalfe
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American Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 183-194, May 2025.Abstract Materiality tends to play only a marginal role in mainstream theorizations of populism. In Ecuador, however, where populism has been described as the norm rather than the exception, obras (public works) are a crucial element of politics. They are framed as the gifts of leaders to the people, shaping people's lifeworlds and embedding leaders in
Sam Rumé
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