Volume 10, Issue 4 (Fall 2001)

From the Editor's Desk

Founded in 1992, the Colonial Latin American Historical Review (CLAHR) is proud to present its first Comprehensive Index, spanning volumes 1-10 (1992-2001). During those years, the CLAHR staff has edited 135 articles, 213 book reviews, 564 booknotes, and 180 pages of newsnotes. The Comprehensive Index is designed to highlight significant individual contributors, topics, publications, and geographical references. It is hoped that the index will facilitate accessibility to information found in CLAHR for researchers, students, and the general reader.

CLAHR owes its success to the support of our many authors, book reviewers, and, especially, peer reviewers who have unselfishly volunteered their time and expertise in assisting our editors. Likewise, CLAHR's international editorial board has dedicated much time and energy toward promoting, collaborating, and participating in this important scholarly venture. The CLAHR staff deserves special thanks for their outstanding work in producing a journal that has contributed to an international consciousness about the significance of Latin America's colonial history and culture. To our dedicated subscribers, we offer our sincerest appreciation for their gracious support throughout the years.

Like the Roman god Janus, we look back to our first decade for inspiration, and we look forward to future collaborative endeavors with old and new friends. We hope that CLAHR continues to contribute, in its small way, to the resurgence of interest in colonial studies. To that end, we continue our clarion call for scholarly manuscripts by historians of colonial Latin America, as well as experts in other disciplines dedicated to colonial Luso-Hispano American history and culture.