Memorias

Como lo demuestran los casos recientes de Timor Oriental y Kosovo, el reconocimiento de nuevos Estados es un asunto de la mayor actualidad. Para comprender cabalmente procesos de esta naturaleza resulta fundamental el antecedente hispanoamericano, y en particular el de la República de Colombia (1819-1831), que encabezó durante su breve existencia la pugna diplomática independentista en la difícil coyuntura de las restauraciones europeas. ¿Cómo elevarse al rango de nación en un ambiente eminentemente hostil? Esta obra sugiere que la publicación de artículos de prensa, folletos,...

Monograph on the history of data collecting in Colombia from the pre-colombian era to 1978 - discusses statistical computing techniques, types of census and surveys carried out, data collecting through the ages, and describes functions of the national level statistical service, etc. Bibliography pp. 589 to 594.

This catalogue is a tribute, from various points of view, to the set of sculptural pieces in Bogotá, through the selection of a hundred works by restorer and historian Paula Matiz. Her novel proposal moves away from a chronological account to go into the presentation of the works from six themes that cover: the territory, as a geographical, mythological and natural reference; convergences, as situations of meeting of dynamics and cultures since the 17th century; the commemorations, in close affiliation with the independence processes; the purposes, like those ideas of construction of a...

"Compelling biography by a colleague seeking to dispel myths about the career and death of Torres without idealizing him. First section surveys his life, the second considers his legacy as a Christian, social scientist, and revolutionary. Based on family archives and personal correspondence. Extensive bibliography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.