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Kimberly Gauderman, Women's Lives in Colonial Quito: Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish America , Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Pp. 195. $35.00 (ISBN 0-292-70555-7).

accounts were at odds with local southern stations’ attempts to suppress African American coverage. Deck stacking and agency capture arguments lose some of their salience when other actors can impact agency behavior. In the case of the WLBT-TV license challenge, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals stepped in as an alternate forum, in the course of doing so giving the listening public standing to challenge broadcasters, a procedural ruling that was part of a broader tend that arguably undercut dominant interests’ ability to control agency action. Finally, the local southern stations could not separate themselves entirely from the larger national market, whose presentation of African Americans and civil rights issues may have been lacking in many respects, but which was, nonetheless, significantly at odds with the preferences of business and political leaders in Jackson Mississippi. The presence of national broadcasting networks acted as a countervailing force to the local station’s attempts to fully control content, and the reach of network programming provided leverage for activists. Popular shows like “Bonanza” and “Hootenanny” allowed students from Tougaloo Southern Christian College to orchestrate boycotts by actors slated to appear in segregated venues, actions that forced white residents of Jackson to confront the opprobrium of communities outside of Mississippi. Theoretical issues aside, Classen’s work is well worth consideration. It offers both rich and insightful material, ranging from the impact of consumer rights concepts on local activism, to powerful oral histories collected from those who “lived” the local television in Jackson.