king no liberties or straying from theissues by getting on his soapbox. Even though this work is confined to a time spanof forty years, this book and the issues it addresses seems, as mentioned before, acomplicated subject. As sources, Pike used primarily published material of books,periodicals, and newspapers. I found Frederick B. Pike to be humble in hisargument throughout his entire work. Certainly one of the best in his field, andeven with receiving the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and a “generousgrant” from Notre Dame University, to write this book, Pikes writing does notreflect an air of condensation or superiority whatsoever. As throughout the entiretext, the author states in the preface that he considered that not enough primarysources, mainly newspapers were not used. However, I found this not to takeanything away from his writing with an adequate number of primary source toboth support his argument and addresses its weaknesses.The main focus of this work was to address the complex relationship ofHispanismo between Spanish America and Spain with looking at how Central andLatin American countries saw their relationship and/or their “madre piaz” ormother country. I feel that this book is major contribution toward the field of LatinAmerican studies. Pike clearly accomplishes his objectives and provides a logicalwell-researched argument of a Spanish American/Spanish interdependence whichsheds light on my subject of Latin America’s involvement with Spain during itsturbulent civil war. This book addresses important social issues that both Spainand Latin America faced at the same time. In my focus of study, this work providesthe foundation for the understanding of the subject as a whole. This book isdefinitely a good source with its strongest points being that it is well written andaddressed its own weaknesses thereby making it invaluable to the field of LatinAmerican history and my subject...
