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The kids are in charge: activism and power in Peru's movement of working children, by Jessica J. Taft New York, New York University Press, 2019, 261 pp., $89 (hardcover), $30 (paper), ISBN: 9781479862993 (hardcover), 9781479854509 (paper) Peru's movement of working children has been in operation for over 40 years. Even within the movement, tensions sometimes arise between the influence of supporting adults and the ideology of human equality between adults and children. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Peru's Path to Recovery: A Plan for Economic Stabilization and Growth," edited by Carlos E. Paredes and Jeffrey D. Sachs.

In I Changing Birth in the Andes i , Lucia Guerra-Reyes critically examines the implementation of the "Peruvian Intercultural Birth Policy" (IBP). Guerra-Reyes concludes that, despite the promise of the IBP, the actual practice of so-called intercultural birth in Peru is yet another form of government coercion of indigenous women and their reproduction. [Extracted from the article]

This article presents experiences of the author while working at the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA) in Lima, Peru. The author had approached the institute looking for a job of teaching English as a foreign language work that he had done for two years in Japan. But knowing that the author had edited a magazine and was a poet and translator the director of the institute asked him to organize and edit a bilingual literary journal, sponsored by ICPNA. However, the author was told that the magazine would be apolitical since the board of directors would not allow money to be put into a publication that had a political influence.

The appendices at the end of the book introduce the main characters of the Free Church's missionary enterprise in Peru and provide additional information on other Protestant missionary endeavours in the area. 978 1 5272 6768 8 One of the most influential foreign Presbyterian educators and missionaries in modern Latin America, the long-time president of Princeton Theological Seminary John Alexander Mackay, came from the ranks of the Free Church of Scotland. Yet the encounters of these Highland-born Presbyterian missionaries with the indigenous populations of Peru have been hitherto ignored, and Iain Grigor has performed a valuable service to scholars interested in this history. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Second-Wave Neoliberalism: Gender, Race, and Health Sector Reform in Peru," by Christina Ewig.

A review of the book "Shaky Colonialism: The 1746 Earthquake-Tsunami in Lima Peru & Its Long Aftermath," by Charles F. Walker is presented.

This article reviews the book "People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru," by Noble David Cook.

Reviews the book 'The Discovery and Conquest of Peru,' by Pedro de Cieza de Le ó n, edited and translated by Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook.

Reviews the book `De Las Reformas Borbonicas a La Republica: El Consulado y El Comercio Maritimo de Lima, 1778-1821,' by Carmen parron Salan.

The article reviews the book "Shaky Colonialism: The 1746 Earthquake-Tsunami in Lima, Peru, and Its Long Aftermath" by Charles F. Walker.

This article reviews the book "Cellophane," by Marie Arana.

The article reviews the book "The Circulation of Children: Kinship, Adoption and Morality in Andean Peru," by Jessaca B. Leinaweaver.

Reviews the book 'Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919–1991,' by Marisol de la Cadena.

Reviews the book 'Early Settlement and Subsistence in the Casma Valley, Peru,' by Shelia Pozorski and Thomas Pozorski.

The article reviews the book "The Lettered Mountain: A Peruvian Village's Way with Writing," by Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia.

The article reviews the book "Deviant and Useful Citizens: The Cultural Production of the Female Body in Eighteenth-Century Peru," by Mariselle Meléndez.

The article reviews the book "Second-Wave Neoliberalism: Gender, Race, and Health Sector Reform in Peru," by Christina Ewig.

The article reviews the book "Ugly Stories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform," by Enrique Mayer.

A review of the book "Ugly Stories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform," by Enrique Mayer is presented.

Reviews the book `Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991,' by Marisol de la Cadena.

Reviews the book 'Pathways to the Gods: The Mystery of the Andes Lines,' by Tony Morrison.

The article reviews the book "Peru and the United States, 1960-1975: How Their Ambassadors Managed Foreign Relations in a Turbulent Era," by Richard J. Walter.

The article reviews the book "Bound Lives: Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru," by Rachel Sarah O'Toole, part of the "Pitt Latin American Series."

The article discusses the Inti festival held in Peru in February 2013 which featured the ceremony titled "Pago a la tierra", music performances and sponsoring of construction projects.

The article reviews the book "The Lettered Mountain: A Peruvian Village's Way with Writing," by Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia.

The article reviews the book "From Foraging to Farming in the Andes: New Perspectives on Food Production and Social Organization," edited by Tom D. Dillehay.

A review of the book "Intersecting Inequalities: Women & Social Policy in Peru 1990-2000," by Jelke Boesten is presented.