A London bookseller’s visionary homage to the Beat Generation reveals how Mexico nurtured a cultural revolution
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Aztec bohemia
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Category: United States
Mexico’s foreign fetish
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Studying abroad has been an elite status symbol that has damaged sovereignty. Review: The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico’s Foreign-Educated Elite, Rachel Grace Newman, 2026, University of California Press
Categories: Mexico, United Kingdom, United States
Forgotten island
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Puerto Rico’s colonial status made its debt crisis inevitable. Review: Promise Land: The Inside Story of the Puerto Rico Debt Crisis, David Skeel, 2026, Paul Dry Books
Categories: Caribbean, Puerto Rico, United States
Revolutionary tales unearthed
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Mexican and Cuban stories translated by Langston Hughes make a radical debut. Review: Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes, ed. Ricardo A Wilson, 2026, Princeton University Press
Categories: Cuba, Mexico, United States
Back to México bronco
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An old US predilection for finger-pointing underpins a new study of its neighbour. Review: The Making of Mexico: Revolution, Reform, and Transformation, Pamela K Starr, 2026, Polity Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Birth of the Latino
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Puerto Ricans offer lessons for Latin Americans in the UK seeking recognition. Review: White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago, Michael Staudenmaier, 2026, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Caribbean, Puerto Rico, United States
Gangster imperialism
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Migrants or animals?
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Racialised border control has its origins in US efforts to prevent animal diseases. Review: Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border, Mary E Mendoza, 2026, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Mexico, United States
Archives on the move
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Novel Mayan cultural artefacts can illustrate how indigeneity crosses borders. Review: Indigenous Archives: The Maya Diaspora and Mobile Cultural Production, Floridalma Boj Lopez, 2026 Duke University Press
Categories: Central America, Guatemala, United States
