Historia de la revolución de la República de Colombia en la América Meridional

"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...

Descripcion histórico-sociológica de la influencia y repercusiones en la conjunción de tres grupos sociales distintos como son los trabajadores que llegaron al Nuevo Reino de Granada, los villanos que buscaron mediante el pillaje y la criminalidad fortuna y un medio fácil de subsistencia, y al final las mujeres que se mezclaron como amantes de los dos grupos anteriores. También se describe el mestizaje de los pueblos indígenas con los emigrantes del viejo mundo

Includes correspondance, literary works, philosophical and political essays and reports presented to the Colombian Congress.

"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.