Los jesuítas en Casanare

"Ground-breaking, comprehensive multivolume history of the Huila dept. from pre-conquest to the present. Work is the product of the collaboration of diverse university faculty and regional specialists who utilized archival, published, and oral sources to write monographic essays on individual topics. Vol. 1 covers preconquest through the colonial era; vol. 2 covers independence through the 20th century; vol. 3 covers economic topics, social movements, colonization, government; vol. 4 covers education, daily life, women, health, diversions; vol. 5 covers literature, art, architecture....

CONTENIDO: Ideas fundamentales de los partidos políticos de la Nueva Granada / Manuel María Madiedo / - Los partidos políticos en Colombia / José María Samper / - La libertad y el catolicismo / José María Samper / - Los partidos políticos en Colombia / Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera.

Las herencias y aptitudes tradicionales - Las asociaciones iniciales y la participación en el poder - La encomienda y el poder político - Tierra, demografía, prestigio - Guerra y paz. Las asociaciones incompatibles - El desenlace de las tensiones políticas - La hacienda y el nacimiento de los partidos políticos - La confluencia de dos mundos - Estructura asociativa y desarrollo.

"Excellent study by a team of Colombian social scientists of the recent evolution of Colombian-Venezuelan relations and their process of integration. Analyzes Colombian and Venezuelan roles in the other country's foreign policy, evolution of bilateral relations (1989-92), commercial relations, and negotiations and agreements on border, commercial, transportation, energy, environmental, and other issues. Concludes that integration process has lost momentum and recommends the reduction of the number and complexity of issues under discussion, while focusing attention on implementation of...