Los ultimos derechos de Colombia en el Canal de Panamá

"Six essays analyze Colombia/US relations in post-Cold War period and challenges facing Colombia as US seeks to impose an ill-conceived anti-narcotics policy. Discusses policy options (including drug legalization), alternatives to extradition, and US certification requirements"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Fine political geography of central Nueva Granada (Santa Fe prov.) was originally prepared as a master's thesis. Demonstrates how changing property boundaries and land use both illustrated and activated shifts in social power relationships. For example, the dislocation of indigenous communities helped weaken the corregidores de naturales, which, in turn, facilitated the rise of other local administrators and jurisdictions and quickened the pace of miscegenation and citizenship expansion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Este libro hace un balance crítico de carácter global que pondera tanto los factores metodológicos como los diversos usos políticos de la escritura de la historia desde la Independencia, dentro del ámbito social y cultural colombiano del siglo xx. Asi mismo presenta un análisi sobre el desarrollo de la disciplina histórica en Colombia. Explica cómo se consolidó la escritura de la historia en el siglo XIX en torno al afán de alcanzar la unidad nacional