Colombia-Venezuela

"Este libro es un testimonio de las mas representativas expresiones vivas del folclor colombiano, y dibuja un atractivo mosaico de sus diversas culturas regionales. Las significativas imagenes del fotografo ingles Jeremy Horner testimonian la fiesta, el carnaval, la feria, la mojiganga. Con el espiritu ritual y festivo propio de la celebracion, se divulga aqui una tradicion que se expresa al son de la musica, los desfiles, los disfraces, las mascaras, las comparsas y los bailes populares. Quien recorra este libro no solo percibira la alegria de sus protagonistas sino comprendera tambien como...

"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...

"Exceptional studies on implications of specific reforms which followed adoption of 1991 constitution. Issues include waging of war and right to peace, Andean commercial integration, private property, and political reform"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

The main text is an address delivered by Antonio Nariño to the Colombian Senate in 1823 to defend himself against charges by political opponents. The text is presented in a facsimile of the original manuscript and in transcription.