Memorias

"Excellent study by a team of Colombian social scientists of the recent evolution of Colombian-Venezuelan relations and their process of integration. Analyzes Colombian and Venezuelan roles in the other country's foreign policy, evolution of bilateral relations (1989-92), commercial relations, and negotiations and agreements on border, commercial, transportation, energy, environmental, and other issues. Concludes that integration process has lost momentum and recommends the reduction of the number and complexity of issues under discussion, while focusing attention on implementation of...

Son tan diversos los momentos y los lugares en los que se ha formado el Estado, y tan distintos y complejos los procesos sociales en los que las relaciones de poder se han decantado en un orden estatal, que no se puede proponer una teoría general del Estado. No obstante, si se considera la producción intelectual pertinente se puede constatar que hay, cuando menos, cuatro elementos que pese a que las disciplinas de Occidente los han considerado de manera separada, suelen estar presentes en el proceso de formación del denominado Estado moderno. Estos elementos esenciales, que sólo pueden...

"Ground-breaking, comprehensive multivolume history of the Huila dept. from pre-conquest to the present. Work is the product of the collaboration of diverse university faculty and regional specialists who utilized archival, published, and oral sources to write monographic essays on individual topics. Vol. 1 covers preconquest through the colonial era; vol. 2 covers independence through the 20th century; vol. 3 covers economic topics, social movements, colonization, government; vol. 4 covers education, daily life, women, health, diversions; vol. 5 covers literature, art, architecture....