Colombia a comienzos del nuevo milenio

"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....

"Este libro forma parte de un estudio más extenso sobre el comportamiento legislativo en Colombia, en el que participaron varios profesores e investigadores del Departamento de Ciencia Política del a Universidad de los Andes. Es un intento de interpretación histórica del proceso político colombiano, analizando desde un punto de vista estrictamente científico"--Tomado de la contracarátula.

Este libro presenta una s ntesis de los principales aspectos del desarrollo econ mico colombiano durante el siglo XX elaborada por un grupo de reconocidos especialistas que en muchos casos tambi n fueron conductores de la pol tica econ mica. la obra aborda temas como el ingreso per c pita, las tendencias en la estructura de la poblaci n relacionadas con la nutrici n y la salud, el sector agr cola, el proceso de industrializaci n comparado con los patrones internacionales y latinoamericanos, la historia fiscal, monetaria y de pol tica crediticia, la construcci n de ferrocarriles y carreteras,...

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)