"Twelve well-researched and well-written papers cover a variety of relevant topics concerning interethnic contacts and relations. Topics include the role of European ethnocentrism in Christian missionary efforts, Bourbon reforms and ethnicity in New Mexico and the role of minorities during the revolutionary period, the impact of shipwrecked African slaves on the indigenous population of Esmaraldas, African slaves and the law in colonial Uruguay, the significance of ethnicity and class for women during the colonial period, studies of national and foreign trade in South and Central America during the 19th century, ethnicity and racism in Cuba, and modern Guatemalan nationalism versus indigenous traditionalism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.