La Comunidad Europea y la unificación alemana

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Desde tiempos milenarios, el hombre ha buscado entender las razones de su existencia en la tierra. ¿Por qué estamos aquí? ¿Quiénes somos? ¿Por qué tenemos que morir? en ese primer gran interrogante, en esa búsqueda de trascendencia, está el origen de toda

Patricios en contienda explora las maneras en que los cuadros de costumbres fueron usados en Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela para nacionalizar poblaciones heterogeneas y producir pueblos nacionales para estos tres paises tras la disolucion de la llamada Gran Colombia (1819-1831). Al situar los cuadros de costumbres en el contexto de las guerras civiles y reformas liberales, esta investigacion muestra como las antiguas elites orgullosas de su abolengo colonial--como Jose Maria Vergara y Vergara (1831-1872) o Fermin Toro (1806-1865)--los usaron para legitimarse frente a las nuevas elites que...

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