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"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.

"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.

Provides an introduction to the theory and planning of regional development based on an analysis of the development process in Colombia and other countries.

Los intelectuales orgánicos del bipartidismo - Los intelectuales bajo la hegemonía conservadora - Los intelectuales bajo la República liberal - Los intelectuales bajo la violencia - Los intelectuales contra el estado - La creación de un campo intelectual - La reintegración de los intelectuales - La coptación de los intelectuales.