Estéticas del desarraigo

Los ensayos incluidos en esta compilación (1939-1954) reflejan la faceta económica de Nieto Arteta (1913-1956), que en conjunto con su sensibilidad para el trato de los problemas históricos planteaban una visión para la historia de Colombia, en donde su preocupación giraba principalmente entorno, como se muestra en sus ensayos, del deterioro del comercio exterior de los países en vías de desarrollo, a consecuencia de la falta de reconversión tecnológica y el estado de la desprotección arancelaria, y de los temas de cooperación interamericana.

"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...

"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.

"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)