Memorias

"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....

Este libro presenta una s ntesis de los principales aspectos del desarrollo econ mico colombiano durante el siglo XX elaborada por un grupo de reconocidos especialistas que en muchos casos tambi n fueron conductores de la pol tica econ mica. la obra aborda temas como el ingreso per c pita, las tendencias en la estructura de la poblaci n relacionadas con la nutrici n y la salud, el sector agr cola, el proceso de industrializaci n comparado con los patrones internacionales y latinoamericanos, la historia fiscal, monetaria y de pol tica crediticia, la construcci n de ferrocarriles y carreteras,...

CONTENIDO: Reencuentro en El Mercado de Lorica - En Riohacha - En Valledupar - En Santa Marta - En Barranquilla - En Cartagena - En Sincelejo - En Montería.

"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...