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"Magnificent edition of articles translated into Spanish, by the late Berkeley geographer, James J. Parsons (1914-97). Approximately half are studies on Colombia. Parsons was known for his masterful ability to understand, from direct observation, the interraction between nature and culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

The old colonel goes each Friday to the post office to see if his long-awaited pension has come through. He knows it will not; so does his wife who is still grieving over the death of their son the year before. The colonel has a mission: to elevate the grim routine of poverty and failure to a high mass of defiance. He does that by showing that a heart that has been broken still beats with vengeance.

José Antonio Galán pertenecía a la clase media, era hijo de labradores acomodados y había nacido en Charalá, en la jurisdicción del Socorro, en 1749. Aunque apenas sabía leer y escribir, estaba dotado de extraordinaria energía y de una elocuencia natural que llevaba en pos suya a cuantos quería; era gallardo de cuerpo, galante como su nombre, y, según sus mismos enemigos, “hombre de un valor nada común, de audacia y serenidad de ánimo a toda prueba, que arrostraba los peligros con singular sangre fría y realzaba estas cualidades con un genio franco e insinuante y un decir tan...

"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....