Intelectuales y científicos chilenos

A catalog of books deposited in the library under law of 1872; and, from 1891-1898, books by Chilean authors, or relating to Chile, published in other countries.

"An interesting collection of speeches and writings from 1990-93 by the influential, but frequently embattled, 39-year-old leader of the moderate right-wing Renovación Nacional party. Of particular interest are his thoughts on the transition to democracy, human rights abuses and national reconciliation, economic and political development, and developments within the rival Christian Democratic party"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

A selection of works written at the start of the author's writing career between 1983 and 1990, it consists of three sections. The first contains cultural criticism, the second, writings about Chilean rock, and the third is criticism of literature and the arts that reflect the counterculture sensibility evident in all the pieces.

Se revisa las profundas transformaciones experimentadas por la institucionalidad del Estado para flexibilizar las rigidas estructuras de un poder publico omnipresente; la apertura de los mercados hacia el exterior; significativas reformas en todos los planos de la actividad economica, en campos de las areas laboral y previsional y de la reforma de la legislacion portuaria; descentralizacion de las decisiones economicas; apertura de un efectivo mercado de capitales, liberalizacion de la mineria. Todo el nuevo orden de convivencia nacional.