Historia de la estadística en Colombia

"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.

"Interesting collection of essays on the national security challenges faced by Colombia and Latin America in the 1990s. The authors agree given the conditions created by the end of the Cold War - the rise of globalization and interdependence and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America - the old notions of national security focused on anticommunism, US leadership, the central role of the military and the regional hypotheses of conflict should be replaced by a new doctrine aimed at strengthening democracy, promoting South American cooperation, restructuring military-civilian relations,...

CONTENIDO: Qué es la economía socia de mercado / Klaus G. Binder, Ernst Dürr / - Modelo político colombiano y la cuestión social / Gustavo Zafra Roldán / - Acceso igualitario a activos, condición del desarrollo / Jorge Iván González / - La propiedad como fuente de creación de riqueza y bienestar / Eduardo Pizano / - Precios, competencias y desarrollo económico / César Ferrari / - Política económica en la coyuntura / Leonardo Villar / - La seguridad social en América Latina / Gina Magnolia Riaño Barón.

"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)