Civilization And Violence : Regimes of Representation in Nineteenth-Century Colombia /
Civilization and violence are not necessarily the antagonists we presume--with civilization taming violence, and violence unmaking civilization. Focusing on postindependence Colombia, this book brings to light the ways in which violence and civilization actually intertwined and reinforced each other...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
2002.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | Civilization and violence are not necessarily the antagonists we presume--with civilization taming violence, and violence unmaking civilization. Focusing on postindependence Colombia, this book brings to light the ways in which violence and civilization actually intertwined and reinforced each other in the development of postcolonial capitalism. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780816690695 |