Colombia a concise contemporary history

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Pamela S. Murray -- Introduction - Chapter 1. Origins -- Precedents -- The Crisis of Empire -- 1810: The Development of the Juntas -- The First Republic (1811-1816) -- The Final Battle Against Absolutism -- Colombia: The Second Republic (1819-1830) -- The E...

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1. Verfasser: LaRosa, Michael James (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Mejía, Germán R. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Rowman & Littlefield 2023
Ausgabe:Third edition
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Zusammenfassung:Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Pamela S. Murray -- Introduction - Chapter 1. Origins -- Precedents -- The Crisis of Empire -- 1810: The Development of the Juntas -- The First Republic (1811-1816) -- The Final Battle Against Absolutism -- Colombia: The Second Republic (1819-1830) -- The End of an Era of Change - Chapter 2. The Colombian Nations -- Colombian Indigenous Population -- The Afro-Colombian Population -- Other Colombians -- Demography and Its Numbers -- Colonizers and Settlers: The Nineteenth Century -- An Urban Country: The Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3. The Dynamics of a Political Community -- Citizenship -- Rights -- The Democratic Model and Politics -- Government -- The Formation of Law -- Chapter 4. The Cadence of Unity -- The Parties and the Nation -- Communion in Beliefs -- A Common Memory -- A Single Institutionalism -- Chapter 5. Conflict -- The Spanish Evacuation -- Political Conflict in the Nineteenth Century -- Panama Separates --
Conflict in the Twentieth Century -- La Violencia -- Insurgency Intervention -- Narco-violence -- Plan Colombia, 2000 -- Chapter 6. Colombians Search for Peace -- The Nature of the Colombian Armed Conflict -- The Stages of the War -- The Peace Processes in Historic Perspective -- The Future -- Chapter 7. Economic Unity -- Colonial Colombia Compared -- Monopoly and Political Problems in the Eighteenth Century -- Coffee -- The Percolating Twenties -- Oil and Industrialization -- The National Front -- Modern Times -- Photo Essay -- Chapter 8. A Common Space -- From Horse Path to Highway -- Steamships and Railways -- Aerial Cables and Airplanes -- Mail and Communications Systems -- Print Media -- Chapter 9. Cultural Dynamism -- Sculpture and Painting -- Literature -- Theater -- Architecture -- Music -- Chapter 10. Daily Life -- Popular Religious Celebrations -- Sports -- Beauty Pageants -- Retaking the Colombian Urban Centers -- Radio, TV, and Soap Operas -- Gastronomy, Colombian Style --
University Life in Colombia -- Chapter 11. Colombia and the World -- The Early Days -- The Canal Project -- 1928 -- World War II and Jorge Eliécer Gaitán -- Korea and the Alliance for Progress -- Pope Paul VI and the Close of the 1960s -- Contadora, Central America, and Colombia's Neighbors -- Uribe and Bush: Brothers in Arms -- Enter Santos -- Chapter 12. Colombians Abroad -- Preliminary Observations on Colombian Emigration -- Why Colombians Leave: A Historic Overview -- Bienvenidos -- To Queens -- The 1980 Refugee Act -- The Special Case of Colombians in Venezuela -- Remesas -- Sending Money Home -- Colombians Abroad: Some Names -- Some Sustained (and Unfortunate) Stereotypes -- Peace Process and the Great Reverse Migration? -- Chapter 13. 2016 and Beyond: ¡Basta Ya! -- The Elusive Peace -- The Pandemic -- Economic Data -- Migratory Processes -- Trouble on the Streets of Colombia -- Tourism: the Contemporary Trend
"Updated to include the historic 2022 presidential election, this deeply informed and accessible book traces the history of Colombia thematically over the past two centuries. Michael J. LaRosa and Germán R. Mejía move beyond the common perception of a failed state to explore the rich heritage and dynamism that have characterized Colombia past and present"--
Beschreibung:xvi, 327 Seiten
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24 cm
ISBN:9781538177112
978-1-5381-7711-2
9781538177105
978-1-5381-7710-5