Religion, culture and society in Colombia : Medellín and Antioquia, 1850-1930 / Patricia Londoño-Vega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Londoño-Vega, Patricia.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and education.

History.

Religion and culture.

Religious institutions.

Antioquia (Colombia : Department)--Civilization--19th century.

Antioquia (Colombia : Department).

Catholic Church--Clergy--Societies, etc.

Catholic Church.

Clergy.

Religious institutions--Colombia--Antioquia (Department)--History--19th century.

Religion and culture--Colombia--Antioquia (Department)--History--19th century.

Church and education--Colombia--Antioquia (Department)--History--19th century.

Colombia--Antioquia (Department).

Physical Description:

xi, 402 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This is the first detailed scholarly study of culture and sociability in Colombia during the period c. 1850 and 1930. Patricia Londono-Vega gives a vivid picture of some of the factors that reduced social distances in the province of Antioquia during this period of relative harmony and prosperity. She examines hundreds of the groups and voluntary associations which flourished at this time and which brought a growing number of Antioquenos of different social backgrounds together around religious practices and societies, the exercising of charity, a concern for education, and the pursuit of cultural progress.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-383) and index.

ISBN:

0199249539

OCLC:

48163376