El CEMIDA

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

James Lockhart hace un recorrido a partir de 1545 hasta 1770 para descifrar usos y costumbres, organizacion politica y social, rasgos culturales como la escritura, las ciencias y las artes, asi como la vida religiosa de los nahuas, para situarlos como una de las culturas mas ricas en cuanto a presencia historica y simbologia etnica, todo lo cual le confiere el rango de protagonista audaz del encuentro de dos mundos.

Los agentes del sistema colonial que llegaron al territorio de la gobernación del Chocó durante el siglo xviii y comienzos del xix con el objetivo de integrar cabalmente al imperio español aquellas "selvas impenetrables" y sus "naciones salvajes", venían determinados por una matriz de representación de la realidad que se fue ajustando y enriqueciendo a medida que adquirían conocimiento de ese recóndito lugar. El Chocó, sus gentes y paisajes presenta la evolución de esas representaciones, tanto en lo relativo a la realidad natural de la zona chocoana (los mares, los montes, las...