Política monetaria, 1947-1958

"Dos voces concurren en este libro. La de todo un pais y su historia, Colombia, y la del mayor exponente de sus letras: Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Un texto y un despliegue de fotografias que lo evocan y lo multiplican, aunque no lo explican, tarea imposible ya que el pais sigue siendo un enigma. Es la historia de Colombia magistralmente resumida. Una historia de contradicciones y calamidades, de luchas y crueldades, de osadias, triunfos y verdades. Una historia, no obstante, que mira esperanzada hacia el futuro, no importa cuan oscuro sea el presente. Tal la nota sugerente que le da Garcia...

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

El libro es un compendio estadistico que consta de nueve capitulos en donde se presentan los diferentes sectores y agregados macroeconomicos de la economia. El segundo tomo comprende el noveno capitulo que comprende las estadisticas historicas de Colombia en donde se relacionan las series economicas por sectores y el comportamiento de las diferentes actividades sectoriales de la economia, incluyendo agricultura, mineria, construccion, comercio, transporte, telecomunicaciones, energia, servicios de salud y educacion e industria.