1816

La antigua provincia de Socorro y la ciudad del mismo nombre están hoy en la provincia de Santander.

Cualidades : Bogotá herida - Calificaciones : Bogotá estética - Escenarios : Bogotá desafiante - Tiempos : bogotanos temperamentales - Marcas : bogotanos virtuales - Rutinas : bogotanos públicos - Ciudades cercanas - Ciudades lejanas - Ciudades anheladas.

"Fine political geography of central Nueva Granada (Santa Fe prov.) was originally prepared as a master's thesis. Demonstrates how changing property boundaries and land use both illustrated and activated shifts in social power relationships. For example, the dislocation of indigenous communities helped weaken the corregidores de naturales, which, in turn, facilitated the rise of other local administrators and jurisdictions and quickened the pace of miscegenation and citizenship expansion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

The main text is an address delivered by Antonio Nariño to the Colombian Senate in 1823 to defend himself against charges by political opponents. The text is presented in a facsimile of the original manuscript and in transcription.