Bradley Skopyk, Colonial Cataclysms: Climate, Landscape, and Memory in Mexico's Little Ice Age University of Arizona Press, 2020, pp. xv + 313

Abstract

extraordinary gravity of the public security crisis gripping much of Latin America makes this a timely and important topic. In Contemporary State Building, Flores-Macías has given us a compelling account of their origins as well as some preliminary evidence regarding their effects and permanence. The book should be a priority for scholars, students and policy-makers interested in taxation, public security and state-building in Latin America and beyond.