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The making of modern Colombia : a nation in spite of itself /

Colombia's status as the fourth largest nation in Latin America and third most populous--as well as its largest exporter of such disparate commodities as emeralds, books, processed cocaine, and cut flowers--makes this, the first history of Colombia written in English, a much-needed book. It tel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bushnell, David, 1923-2010
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : Univ. of California Press, ©1993.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • By Way of Introduction: Colombia as a Field of Study
  • I. Indians and Spaniards
  • 2. Severing the Ties with Spain (1781-1819)
  • 3. The Gran Colombian Experiment (1819-1830)
  • 4. Independent New Granada: A NationState, Not Yet a Nation (1830-1849)
  • 5. The Nineteenth-Century Liberal Revolution (1849-1885)
  • 6. The Regeneration and Its Aftermath: A Positivist-Conservative Reaction (1885-1904)
  • 7. The New Age of Peace and Coffee (1904-1930)
  • 8. The Liberal Republic (1930-1946)
  • 9. The Era of the Violencia (1946-1957)
  • 10. The National Front: Achievements and Failures (1958-1978)
  • 11. The Latest Era: Confounding the Predictions (1978- )
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Population
  • Appendix B: Presidential Elections, 1826-I 990
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Index