Los nombres de la patria en la Guerra de Corea, 1951-1953

"Very thoughtful study of a problem of the utmost importance for Colombia. The author analyzes the country's economic and political development since the post-war to better understand the profound changes it has undergone; he then proceeds to survey the known facts about the illegal drug industry. Within this context, Thoumi attempts to determine why Colombia developed, since the 1970s, a marijuana, and subsequently a cocaine, industry. Further, he evaluates the effects of the drug trade on the Colombian economy and social order. The final analysis suggests that Colombia's chances of reducing ...

Antioquia, 1851. Mientras los abogados discuten los títulos de propiedad de las tierras, los arrieros se juegan la vida en el monte. En busca de la fortuna, Juan Escobar parte hacia el sur y lo que encuentra es el capricho del amor y la injusticia de un país lleno de violencias, espejo de la Colombia de hoy. Escritas con precisión y talento, las entregas mensuales de esta pervertidísima novela histórica galopan la colonización antioqueña al ritmo de la una película de acción. Ironía, humor, erotismo y caprichos de caballero andante son algunos de los elementos que el lector...

"Ground-breaking, comprehensive multivolume history of the Huila dept. from pre-conquest to the present. Work is the product of the collaboration of diverse university faculty and regional specialists who utilized archival, published, and oral sources to write monographic essays on individual topics. Vol. 1 covers preconquest through the colonial era; vol. 2 covers independence through the 20th century; vol. 3 covers economic topics, social movements, colonization, government; vol. 4 covers education, daily life, women, health, diversions; vol. 5 covers literature, art, architecture....

"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.