| Description |
xi, 404 pages : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Latin American histories |
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Latin American histories.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-385) and index. |
| Contents |
Maps and tables -- Introduction -- 1. Continuity and change in Colombia's economic geography : an overview -- 2. Pre-Columbian cultures -- 3. European conquest -- 4. Colonial economy and society, 1540-1780 -- 5. Crises of authority, 1700-1808 -- 6. Independence, 1808-1825 -- 7. Bolívar's Colombia, 1819-1831 -- 8. The formation of new Granada as a polity, 1831-1845 : origins of the two traditional parties -- 9. Economy and society, 1821-1850 -- 10. The liberal era, 1845-1876 -- 11. Neither liberty nor order, 1875-1903 -- 12. The republic of coffee, 1903-1946 -- 13. A nation of cities -- 14. Political violence in the second half of the twentieth century -- Selective bibliographic guide -- Chief executives of Colombia (1819-2001) -- Credits -- Index. |
| Subject |
Colombia -- History.
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Political violence -- Colombia -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Palacios, Marco.
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| ISBN |
0195143124 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780195143126 cloth alkaline paper |
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019504617X paper |
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9780195046175 paper |
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