Colombia

"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.

"Innovative volume, which begins with precolumbian Muiscas and ends in 1940s, inserts history of chicha drinking within broader legislative and medical history of Colombia. Relationship between hygiene, nation-building, urban expansion, and growth of popular culture is explored within this framework"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Careful and detailed portrayal of the professorial community and scholarly culture in the New Kingdom. Rightly insisting that intellectual development in Nueva Granada is not limited to the era of Charles III, despite an analytical focus on the Enlightenment, Silva traces growth of the university corporation over the entire colonial period in terms of numbers, identity, and influence"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Una reflexión sobre la estructura de la lucha contrainsurgente en Colombia y su función en la configuración, conservación y reproducción del orden. Desentraña la lógica argumentativa de los discursos que justifican la guerra contrainsurgente, demostrando su naturaleza preventiva y punitiva. A partir de ello analiza la restauración de la seguridad y la construcción social del odio como factores subjetivos de movilización social contra "lo insurgente" y el afán de conservación del poder, expresado en la custodia de la propiedad, como factor objetivo de la guerra.