Orden contrainsurgente y dominación

"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.

"En la obra de Uriel Cassiani sobrevive un mundo nuevo para nosotros, pero antiguo y vigente para una etnia que nunca ha cortado su cordón umbilical con la naturaleza [The work of Uriel Cassiani Pérez opens a world which is new for us, but is old and active for people who never cut their umbilical cords with nature]"-- John Jairo Junieles.

"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...

Introducción : perfil geográfico - La conquista y la época colonial - La historia moderna - Las relaciones diplomáticas - El gobierno y las leyes - Las finanzas y la banca - Los viajes y el transporte - Notas adicionales sobre los ferrocarriles - El comercio - La agricultura - Las minas y los bosques - Las regiones litorales - Las regiones andinas (las cordilleras occidental y central) - Las regiones andinas (la cordillera oriental) - Los llanos y las selvas - La educación y la vida intelectual - Apéndice : Las enmiendas constitucionales de 1910 - Familias lingüísticas aborígenes de...