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Civilization and violence : regimes of representation in nineteenth-century Colombia / Cristina Rojas ; foreword by Michael J. Shapiro.
Van Pelt Library HN310.Z9 V5663 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rojas, Cristina.
- Series:
- Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; v. 19.
- Borderlines ; v. 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--Colombia.
- Violence.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Capitalism.
- History.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Civilization.
- Colombia.
- Colombia--Civilization--19th century.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Colombia--History--19th century.
- Power (Social sciences)--Colombia.
- Capitalism--Colombia--History--19th century.
- Colombia--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Colombia--Social conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 224 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Civilization as History xiii
- 1. The Will to Civilization 1
- 2. Civilization and Violence 19
- 3. The Political Economy of Civilization 47
- 4. The Subalterns' Voices 65
- 5. The Will to Civilization and Its Encounter with Laissez-Faire 89
- 6. Representation, Violence, and the Uneven Development of Capitalism 117
- Conclusion: Civilizations
- Clash or Desire? 163.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816634300
- 0816634319
- OCLC:
- 47120207
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