Trabajadores, villanos y amantes

"En la obra de Uriel Cassiani sobrevive un mundo nuevo para nosotros, pero antiguo y vigente para una etnia que nunca ha cortado su cordón umbilical con la naturaleza [The work of Uriel Cassiani Pérez opens a world which is new for us, but is old and active for people who never cut their umbilical cords with nature]"-- John Jairo Junieles.

La ocupación española : la naturaleza de la conquista - Etapas de la ocupación - La fijación de una frontera provisoria - La sociedad indígena y su evolución posterior a la conquista : los grupos originales y sus transformaciones - La población indígena - Las formas de dominación : la encomienda - El tributo - El trabajo - La tierra : la apropiación de la tierra : ¿un problema histórico o un problema jurídico? - El oro : ciclos del oro y expansión geográfica - Los distritos mineros - Los esclavos - El tesoro real : las cajas reales y el sistema de finanzas - Los guardianes del...

"Careful and detailed portrayal of the professorial community and scholarly culture in the New Kingdom. Rightly insisting that intellectual development in Nueva Granada is not limited to the era of Charles III, despite an analytical focus on the Enlightenment, Silva traces growth of the university corporation over the entire colonial period in terms of numbers, identity, and influence"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...