Awards for this book
Winner of the 2004 Brazil in Comparative Perspective Book Prize, sponsored by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) .
Honorable Mention in the 2004 Bolton-Johnson Prize, sponsored by the Conference on Latin American History.
Winner of the 2003 Hubert Herring Award, sponsored by the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies.
Honorable Mention in the 2005 Warren Dean Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Conference on Latin American History.