La industria del sexo en Quito

Monograph on the history of data collecting in Colombia from the pre-colombian era to 1978 - discusses statistical computing techniques, types of census and surveys carried out, data collecting through the ages, and describes functions of the national level statistical service, etc. Bibliography pp. 589 to 594.

"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...

"Comprehensive diplomatic-legal review of Colombia's rights in regard to its border disputes with Venezuela. Due to the failure of direct negotiations, the author supports the application of an arbitration procedure specified in the Colombian-Venezuelan treaty of 1939"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

El antagonismo social durante la violencia : la relación antagónica entre liberales y conservadores - Entre el populismo liberal y el fundamentalismo conservador - La cultura política campesina - El bandolerismo durante la violencia - Los perversos "chuladitas"--El problema de la alteridad - Guerra de símbolos y de signos - Bordes imprecisos entre identidades humanas y animales - Las masacres como síntoma social - Definición y estructura ritual de las masacres - Mutilaciones y cortes. Una ruptura real y simbólica del cuerpo - La imagen del cuerpo entre los campesinos - El síntoma en...