{"product_id":"colombia-a-concise-contemporary-history-9781538177105","title":"Colombia: A Concise Contemporary History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpdated to include the historic 2022 presidential election, this deeply informed and accessible book traces the history of Colombia thematically over the past two centuries. Michael J. LaRosa and Germán R. Mejía move beyond the common perception of a failed state to explore the rich heritage and dynamism that have characterized Colombia past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Pamela S. Murray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Origins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Precedents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Crisis of Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1810: The Development of the Juntas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Republic (1811–1816)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Final Battle against Absolutism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColombia: The Second Republic (1819–1830)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe End of an Era of Change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Colombian Nations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColombian Indigenous Population\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Afro-Colombian Population\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Colombians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemography and Its Numbers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonizers and Settlers: The Nineteenth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Urban Country: The Twentieth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Dynamics of a Political Community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCitizenship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Democratic Model and Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Formation of Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Cadence of Unity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Parties and the Nation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunion in Beliefs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Common Memory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Single Institutionalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Spanish Evacuation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical Conflict in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePanama Separates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Violencia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsurgency Intervention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarco-violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan Colombia, 2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Colombians Search for Peace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nature of the Colombian Armed Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Stages of the War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Peace Processes in Historic Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Economic Unity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonial Colombia Compared\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonopoly and Political Problems in the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoffee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Percolating Twenties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOil and Industrialization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe National Front\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhoto Essay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 A Common Space\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Horse Path to Highway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteamships and Railways\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAerial Cables and Airplanes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMail and Communications Systems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrint Media\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Cultural Dynamism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSculpture and Painting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Daily Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular Religious Celebrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSports\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty Pageants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetaking the Colombian Urban Centers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRadio, TV, and Soap Operas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGastronomy, Colombian Style\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity Life in Colombia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Colombia and the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Early Days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Canal Project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1928\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld War II and Jorge Eliécer Gaitán\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKorea and the Alliance for Progress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePope Paul VI and the Close of the 1960s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContadora, Central America, and Colombia’s Neighbors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUribe and Bush: Brothers in Arms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Santos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Colombians Abroad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreliminary Observations on Colombian Emigration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Colombians Leave: A Historic Overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBienvenidos to Queens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1980 Refugee Act\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Special Case of Colombians in Venezuela\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemesas—Sending Money Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColombians Abroad: Some Names\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Sustained (and Unfortunate) Stereotypes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeace Process and the Great Reverse Migration?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. 2016 and Beyond: ¡Basta Ya!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Elusive Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pandemic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEconomic 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