Los intelectuales y la política

Obra sobre politica económica y economia politica en Colombia en el contexto de la historia del país desde los años sesenta.

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

Introducción : perfil geográfico - La conquista y la época colonial - La historia moderna - Las relaciones diplomáticas - El gobierno y las leyes - Las finanzas y la banca - Los viajes y el transporte - Notas adicionales sobre los ferrocarriles - El comercio - La agricultura - Las minas y los bosques - Las regiones litorales - Las regiones andinas (las cordilleras occidental y central) - Las regiones andinas (la cordillera oriental) - Los llanos y las selvas - La educación y la vida intelectual - Apéndice : Las enmiendas constitucionales de 1910 - Familias lingüísticas aborígenes de...

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)