Sociedades campesinas, transición social y cambio cultural en Colombia

"En la obra de Uriel Cassiani sobrevive un mundo nuevo para nosotros, pero antiguo y vigente para una etnia que nunca ha cortado su cordón umbilical con la naturaleza [The work of Uriel Cassiani Pérez opens a world which is new for us, but is old and active for people who never cut their umbilical cords with nature]"-- John Jairo Junieles.

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

To date, the growing body of literature about Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) has focused primarily on questions of policy design. It has widely neglected the beneficiaries of policy and their lives beyond DDR programmes. The present study intends to balance this shortcoming by systematically describing the individual perspective of ex-combatants. Through a series of 62 interviews with former Colombian paramilitaries, the themes that are central to their lives are identified. The selection of the interviewees and the interview analysis draw on grounded theory. The goal of...

La ocupación española : la naturaleza de la conquista - Etapas de la ocupación - La fijación de una frontera provisoria - La sociedad indígena y su evolución posterior a la conquista : los grupos originales y sus transformaciones - La población indígena - Las formas de dominación : la encomienda - El tributo - El trabajo - La tierra : la apropiación de la tierra : ¿un problema histórico o un problema jurídico? - El oro : ciclos del oro y expansión geográfica - Los distritos mineros - Los esclavos - El tesoro real : las cajas reales y el sistema de finanzas - Los guardianes del...