Los embera y los cuna

Un catálogo de cédulas o fichas donde se ha especificado cada documento extractando en ellas todos los datos que pueden interesar a los que estudien la época de la Independencia colombiana (1810- 1832).

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...

"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...

Como lo demuestran los casos recientes de Timor Oriental y Kosovo, el reconocimiento de nuevos Estados es un asunto de la mayor actualidad. Para comprender cabalmente procesos de esta naturaleza resulta fundamental el antecedente hispanoamericano, y en particular el de la República de Colombia (1819-1831), que encabezó durante su breve existencia la pugna diplomática independentista en la difícil coyuntura de las restauraciones europeas. ¿Cómo elevarse al rango de nación en un ambiente eminentemente hostil? Esta obra sugiere que la publicación de artículos de prensa, folletos,...