Reviews
"Graziano's wonderful book crosses disciplinary boundaries to bring tolife the transcendent, amazing, and sometimes bizarre collective visions andmillenarian movements that have inspired and driven so much of the history ofthe Americas. This fascinating account represents the new cultural studies atits best."--Gilbert W. Merkx, Editor, Latin American Research Review, "A fascinating analysis of the varieties of millennial ideologies thatinspired the Spanish to conquer and the indigenous people toresist."--Choice, "Graziano's wonderful book crosses disciplinary boundaries to bring to life the transcendent, amazing, and sometimes bizarre collective visions and millenarian movements that have inspired and driven so much of the history of the Americas. This fascinating account represents the new culturalstudies at its best."--Gilbert W. Merkx, Editor, Latin American Research Review, [G]raziano's exhaustively annotated cases constitute a valuable catalogue of the salient features of Latin American millennialism."--The Catholic Historical Review.""Graziano's wonderful book crosses disciplinary boundaries to bring to life the transcendent, amazing, and sometimes bizarre collective visions and millenarian movements that have inspired and driven so much of the history of the Americas. This fascinating account represents the new cultural studies at its best."--Gilbert W. Merkx, Editor, Latin American Research Review"[G]raziano's exhaustively annotated cases constitute a valuable catalogue of the salient features of Latin American millennialism."--The Catholic Historical Review.""This excellent work by Frank Graziano reveals new dimensions of the millennial fever that has spread across academia and popular cultures as we enter the third millennium. He shows how the New World of the Americas was profoundly a Millennial World. Not only did the Europeans bring the dream of the millennium with them, but native expectations of cosmic changes greeted them during their many arrivals. Further, the Africans who were dragged into the Americasutilized their millennial hopes to survive. But Graziano's key contribution is to show that this variety of millennial hopes did more than form a melting pot of ideas; rather, they stimulated new ordersof meaning that were different from anything else in the world." --David Carrasco, Professor of History of Religions, Princeton University"Millennial studies owes Graziano a huge debt for this conceptually sophisticated, wide-ranging study of the rich, if rarely plowed terrain of Latin American millennialism. With a sure hand, he moves between the most recondite religious material to the secular messiahs of Marxist revolution, from Antonio Conselhiero to Evita Peron, showing links and ruptures, and, in the end, the wide range of influences that millennial beliefs and movements have had on LatinAmerican culture and society."--Richard Landes, Director, Center of Millennial Studies, Boston University"A fascinating analysis of the varieties of millennial ideologies that inspired the Spanish to conquer and the indigenous people to resist."--Choice, "[G]raziano's exhaustively annotated cases constitute a valuable catalogueof the salient features of Latin American millennialism."--The CatholicHistorical Review.", [G]raziano's exhaustively annotated cases constitute a valuable catalogue of the salient features of Latin American millennialism."-- The Catholic Historical Review.", [G]raziano's exhaustively annotated cases constitute a valuable catalogue of the salient features of Latin American millennialism."--The Catholic Historical Review.", "Millennial studies owes Graziano a huge debt for this conceptuallysophisticated, wide-ranging study of the rich, if rarely plowed terrain of LatinAmerican millennialism. With a sure hand, he moves between the most reconditereligious material to the secular messiahs of Marxist revolution, from AntonioConselhiero to Evita Peron, showing links and ruptures, and, in the end, thewide range of influences that millennial beliefs and movements have had on LatinAmerican culture and society."--Richard Landes, Director, Center of MillennialStudies, Boston University, "A fascinating analysis of the varieties of millennial ideologies that inspired the Spanish to conquer and the indigenous people to resist."--Choice, The author does his job with great dexterity and impressive scholarship ... He integrates material from different periods and cultural contexts: a risky undertaking in which he succeeds masterfully, "This excellent work by Frank Graziano reveals new dimensions of the millennial fever that has spread across academia and popular cultures as we enter the third millennium. He shows how the New World of the Americas was profoundly a Millennial World. Not only did the Europeans bring the dreamof the millennium with them, but native expectations of cosmic changes greeted them during their many arrivals. Further, the Africans who were dragged into the Americas utilized their millennial hopes to survive. But Graziano's key contribution is to show that this variety of millennial hopes didmore than form a melting pot of ideas; rather, they stimulated new orders of meaning that were different from anything else in the world." --David Carrasco, Professor of History of Religions, Princeton University, "This excellent work by Frank Graziano reveals new dimensions of themillennial fever that has spread across academia and popular cultures as weenter the third millennium. He shows how the New World of the Americas wasprofoundly a Millennial World. Not only did the Europeans bring the dream of themillennium with them, but native expectations of cosmic changes greeted themduring their many arrivals. Further, the Africans who were dragged into theAmericas utilized their millennial hopes to survive. But Graziano's keycontribution is to show that this variety of millennial hopes did more than forma melting pot of ideas; rather, they stimulated new orders of meaning that weredifferent from anything else in the world." --David Carrasco, Professor ofHistory of Religions, Princeton University, "Millennial studies owes Graziano a huge debt for this conceptually sophisticated, wide-ranging study of the rich, if rarely plowed terrain of Latin American millennialism. With a sure hand, he moves between the most recondite religious material to the secular messiahs of Marxist revolution,from Antonio Conselhiero to Evita Peron, showing links and ruptures, and, in the end, the wide range of influences that millennial beliefs and movements have had on Latin American culture and society."--Richard Landes, Director, Center of Millennial Studies, Boston University, "[G]raziano's exhaustively annotated cases constitute a valuable catalogue of the salient features of Latin American millennialism."--The Catholic Historical Review."
