"Tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, Agnes Gehbald provides a comprehensive study of print culture in Peru in the decades before Independence. An important volume for those interested in the history of books beyond the European market."

This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. During this period, textiles ranked among the most important manufactures traded in the world market, and Britain was the foremost producer. Thanks to new data, this book demonstrates that British...

"Excellent exploration of US corporate culture's 'revolutionary mission' to spread American materialist values and its consequent impact on Latin American societies; latter's reaction is a love-hate mix of acceptance and rejection"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57