Between Legitimacy and Violence - A History of Colombia, 18752002

Informationen zum Autor Marco Palacios Klappentext Comprehensive overview of modern Colombian history considers why Colombia's long-established, stable political institutions have not been able to prevent frequent and extreme violence. Zusammenfassung An authoritative! sweeping history of Colombia's "long twentieth century!" from the tumultuous civil wars of the late nineteenth century to the drug wars of the late twentieth! by a leading Latin American historian. Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables viii Acknowledgments ix Prologue to the Second Colombian Edition xi 1. From Liberal Decay to Regeneration 1 2. Liberal Economics, Conservative Politics 48 3. From the Expansion of Citizenship to the Plutocratic Elite 93 4. In the Shadow of the Violencia 135 5. An Elusive Legitimacy 170 6. Great Transformations within Continuity 214 Epilogue 246 Bibliographical Essay 269 Index 293

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marco Palacios, Palacios, Marco Palacios, Marco/ Stoller Palacios
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Stoller (Traduzione)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.06.2006
• EAN: 9780822337546
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3754-6
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 171 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Latin America in Translation; Latin America in Translation/E; Latin America in Translation; Latin America in Translation/E
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Amerikanische Geschichte, Kolumbien