Neoliberalismo y constitución política de 1991

La vida de miles de bogotanos gravita alrededor del centro tradicional de la ciudad. Probablemente la de cientos de colombianos. Otros lugares de la ciudad, algunos con alguna tradición histórica, le han entablado una constante competencia espacial al centro tradicional en disputa de sus residentes y, en general, de las actividades humanas que allí se realizan. Además de esta competencia, el centro acoge a una diversidad de agentes interesados en vivir en él y de él, hasta configurarse en una zona de innegable valor de uso popular, de la mayor trascendencia socio-política para nuestra...

"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...

The author details her early years in Paris, where she was raised amidst diplomats, literary masters, and artists, and her return to her native Colombia, where, as a senator, she went up against the powerful drug cartels.

"A regional study of indigenous resistance to Spanish colonialism during the 16th-18th centuries, based on archival research, oral history, and secondary literature. The protagonists of the story include the Embera, the Burumia, the Tule, and the Carauta, who all lived near the Atrato river. Data on parcialidades, encomenderos, and population are presented in tables. Several maps illustrate the text"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.