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"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

"Careful and detailed portrayal of the professorial community and scholarly culture in the New Kingdom. Rightly insisting that intellectual development in Nueva Granada is not limited to the era of Charles III, despite an analytical focus on the Enlightenment, Silva traces growth of the university corporation over the entire colonial period in terms of numbers, identity, and influence"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Reports for 1836-37, 1843, 1865-66, 1877 include the Memoria of the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.

El trabajo que nos ofrece Óscar Alfonso constituye una reconstrucción histórica de cómo se ha estructurado esta segmentación residencial de esta metrópoli, trabajo que está fundamentado en una impresionante investigación sobre las estadísticas de la venta de lotes, la construcción de vivienda formal e informal, todo ello presentado en una excelente cartografía que permite visualizar los procesos sucedidos en este último medio siglo en la construcción de la ciudad, al menos de la oferta de vivienda formal. Como el autor lo advierte, se trata de una historia incompleta, en razón a ...