La ciudad en el tiempo

A young man named Rodolfo journeys with his family from Bogotá to Valledupar to see his dying father, and to face a reckoning with his past.

"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...

CONTENIDO: De la regeneración al republicanismo - Del republicanismo a la concentración nacional - ¿La violencia o las violencias? - Desorden, paz y guerra - Fraudes, bandoleros y matanzas - El principio del fin - Un demagogo místico? - Oposición sistemática? - Libertad de prensa y oposición - El oro y la escoria - Impunidad y violencia - El hombre tempestad - El monstruo.

"Six essays analyze Colombia/US relations in post-Cold War period and challenges facing Colombia as US seeks to impose an ill-conceived anti-narcotics policy. Discusses policy options (including drug legalization), alternatives to extradition, and US certification requirements"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.