Pedro Santoni is Professor of History and Department Chair at California State University, San Bernardino. His research interests lie in the political, military, and cultural history of nineteenth-century Mexico, and his publications include Mexican at Arms: Puro Federalists and the Politics of War, 1845-1848, and Where Did the Other Heroes Go? Exalting the Polko National Guard Battalions in Nineteenth-Century Mexico. He has also served as president of the Southwestern Historical Association, and as a consultant for historical research projects sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

"The ten essays in this volume designed for students at the high school and college levels offer an overview and explore the impact of specific wars on civilian populations..." - MultiCultural Review

• Chapter One. Two Centuries of War in Latin America: An Overview Pedro Santoni Chapter Two. Death, Destiny, and the Daily Chores: Everyday Spanish America during the Wars of Independence (1806-1826) Karen Racine Chapter 3. The Civilian Experience in Mexico during the War with the United States (1846-1848) Pedro Santoni Chapter 4. Civilians and Civil War in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Mexico City and the War of the Reform (1858-1861) Daniel S. Haworth Chapter 5. The Brazilian Home Front during the War the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) Vitor Izecksohn and Peter M. Beattie Chapter 6. Civilians and the War of the Pacific (1879-1884) Bruce W. Farcau Chapter 7. No vamos a la Revolucin! Civilians as Revolucionarios and Revolucionados in the 1910 Mexican Revolution John Lear Chapter 8. Reading Revolution from Below: Cuba (1933 and 1959) Gillian McGillivray Chapter 9. Repression and Resistance, Hatred and Hope: Military Dictatorships and Civilian Life in South America (1964-1990) Margaret Power Chapter 10. And the Storm Raged On: The Daily Experience of Terror during the Central American Civil Wars (1966-1990) Arturo Arias Glossary Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors

Pedro Santoni is Professor of History and Department Chair at California State University, San Bernardino. His research interests lie in the political, military, and cultural history of nineteenth-century Mexico, and his publications include Mexican at Arms: Puro Federalists and the Politics of War, 1845-1848, and Where Did the Other Heroes Go? Exalting the Polko National Guard Battalions in Nineteenth-Century Mexico. He has also served as president of the Southwestern Historical Association, and as a consultant for historical research projects sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

"The ten essays in this volume designed for students at the high school and college levels offer an overview and explore the impact of specific wars on civilian populations..." - MultiCultural Review

• Chapter One. Two Centuries of War in Latin America: An Overview Pedro Santoni Chapter Two. Death, Destiny, and the Daily Chores: Everyday Spanish America during the Wars of Independence (1806-1826) Karen Racine Chapter 3. The Civilian Experience in Mexico during the War with the United States (1846-1848) Pedro Santoni Chapter 4. Civilians and Civil War in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Mexico City and the War of the Reform (1858-1861) Daniel S. Haworth Chapter 5. The Brazilian Home Front during the War the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) Vitor Izecksohn and Peter M. Beattie Chapter 6. Civilians and the War of the Pacific (1879-1884) Bruce W. Farcau Chapter 7. No vamos a la Revolucin! Civilians as Revolucionarios and Revolucionados in the 1910 Mexican Revolution John Lear Chapter 8. Reading Revolution from Below: Cuba (1933 and 1959) Gillian McGillivray Chapter 9. Repression and Resistance, Hatred and Hope: Military Dictatorships and Civilian Life in South America (1964-1990) Margaret Power Chapter 10. And the Storm Raged On: The Daily Experience of Terror during the Central American Civil Wars (1966-1990) Arturo Arias Glossary Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors

Pedro Santoni is Professor of History and Department Chair at California State University, San Bernardino. His research interests lie in the political, military, and cultural history of nineteenth-century Mexico, and his publications include Mexican at Arms: Puro Federalists and the Politics of War, 1845-1848, and Where Did the Other Heroes Go? Exalting the Polko National Guard Battalions in Nineteenth-Century Mexico. He has also served as president of the Southwestern Historical Association, and as a consultant for historical research projects sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

"The ten essays in this volume designed for students at the high school and college levels offer an overview and explore the impact of specific wars on civilian populations..." - MultiCultural Review

• Chapter One. Two Centuries of War in Latin America: An Overview Pedro Santoni Chapter Two. Death, Destiny, and the Daily Chores: Everyday Spanish America during the Wars of Independence (1806-1826) Karen Racine Chapter 3. The Civilian Experience in Mexico during the War with the United States (1846-1848) Pedro Santoni Chapter 4. Civilians and Civil War in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Mexico City and the War of the Reform (1858-1861) Daniel S. Haworth Chapter 5. The Brazilian Home Front during the War the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) Vitor Izecksohn and Peter M. Beattie Chapter 6. Civilians and the War of the Pacific (1879-1884) Bruce W. Farcau Chapter 7. No vamos a la Revolucin! Civilians as Revolucionarios and Revolucionados in the 1910 Mexican Revolution John Lear Chapter 8. Reading Revolution from Below: Cuba (1933 and 1959) Gillian McGillivray Chapter 9. Repression and Resistance, Hatred and Hope: Military Dictatorships and Civilian Life in South America (1964-1990) Margaret Power Chapter 10. And the Storm Raged On: The Daily Experience of Terror during the Central American Civil Wars (1966-1990) Arturo Arias Glossary Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors