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CHOICE Review

Bizzarro's dictionary has been expanded by some 275 pages since the first edition (CH, Apr '73). The paucity of colonial coverage has been somewhat rectified, as have other omissions (e.g., that of eminent bibliographer Jose Toribio Medina, although his death date is incorrect). The focus of new material is on sociopolitical and historical transformations during the presidencies of Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet, the author's predisposition toward Allende (to whom the book is dedicated) being plain. Entries on such topics as ``Human Rights'' and ``Torture'' rightly emphasize the intolerable repressiveness of the present regime; but, despite the legitimacy of Allende's election, most Chileans will attest the existence of similar conditions under his socialistic government. Culture and fine arts have a back seat; absent is Chile's internationally recognized musician Juan Orrego Salas, as are most contemporary painters and writers, with the exception of Isabel Allende, whose novels have appeared in English translation. The alphabetical subject approach, with English and Spanish headings intermingled, remains the same as do the helpful cross-references; the concluding bibliography has been improved by topical subdivisions. Academic and general collections.-D.C. Henderson Jr., Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus