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A study of efforts by a segment of the upper class in an aristocratic Latin American society to alter cultural values in the society, creating stronger orientations toward the technical and the practical.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Conventions Followed
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Colombia: Its Geography and Society
    • 1. Opportunities and Incentives
  • Part Two. Moral and Industrial Education
    • 2. Learning to Work
  • Part Three. Academic Science for the Upper Class: Bourbons and Neo-Bourbons
    • 3. The Enlightenment in New Granada
    • 4. The Neo-Bourbons, 1821–1845
    • 5. The Decline of Neo-Bourbonism
  • Part Four. The Origins of a Colombian Engineering Profession
    • 6. Study Abroad
    • 7. The Colegio Militar
    • 8. Stumbling Progress, 1863–1903
    • 9. A Place for Engineers
  • Epilogue
  • Appendixes
    • 1. Prominent Public Figures Who Promoted Technical Education, 1821–1864
    • 2. Students in the Care of Gen. Pedro Alcántara Herrán, 1848–1863
    • 3. Careers of Prominent Alumni of Colegio Militar, 1848–1854
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliographic Note
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/02/2014
      ISBN13: 9780292769496, 978-0292769496
      ISBN10: 0292769490

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of efforts by a segment of the upper class in an aristocratic Latin American society to alter cultural values in the society, creating stronger orientations toward the technical and the practical.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Conventions Followed
      • Introduction
      • Part One. Colombia: Its Geography and Society
        • 1. Opportunities and Incentives
      • Part Two. Moral and Industrial Education
        • 2. Learning to Work
      • Part Three. Academic Science for the Upper Class: Bourbons and Neo-Bourbons
        • 3. The Enlightenment in New Granada
        • 4. The Neo-Bourbons, 1821–1845
        • 5. The Decline of Neo-Bourbonism
      • Part Four. The Origins of a Colombian Engineering Profession
        • 6. Study Abroad
        • 7. The Colegio Militar
        • 8. Stumbling Progress, 1863–1903
        • 9. A Place for Engineers
      • Epilogue
      • Appendixes
        • 1. Prominent Public Figures Who Promoted Technical Education, 1821–1864
        • 2. Students in the Care of Gen. Pedro Alcántara Herrán, 1848–1863
        • 3. Careers of Prominent Alumni of Colegio Militar, 1848–1854
      • Notes
      • Glossary
      • Bibliographic Note
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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