The Colombia Reader by Ann Farnsworth-Alvear

The Colombia Reader by Ann Farnsworth-Alvear

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Containing over one hundred selections ranging from songs, artwork, and poetry, to journalism, oral history, and scholarship-most published in English for the first time-The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multi-layered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present.

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The Colombia Reader by Ann Farnsworth-Alvear

Containing over one hundred selections ranging from songs, artwork, and poetry, to journalism, oral history, and scholarshipmost published in English for the first timeThe Colombia Reader presents a rich and multi-layered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present.
"Including a wide range of photographs and reproductions of works of art, this remarkable and exciting collection is an indispensable work for all libraries, all scholars of Colombia, Latin Americanists of all sorts, and any interested readerEssential. All levels/libraries." -- J. M. Rosenthal * Choice *
"This book will allow us to write, teach, and tell not only different histories of Colombia but to write, teach, and tell those histories differently....  This collection will certainly become a foundational teaching tool not only for the histories of Colombia but also those of Latin America." -- A. Ricardo López * Revista *
Ann Farnsworth-Alvear is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Dulcinea in the Factory: Myths, Morals, Men, and Women in Colombia's Industrial Experiment, 1905–1960, also published by Duke University Press.

Marco Palacios is Professor at El Colegio de MÉxico and Universidad de los Andes, BogotÁ, and the author of many books, including Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 18752002, also published by Duke University Press.

Ana MarÍa GÓmez LÓpez is an artist and independent scholar.
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ISBN 13 9780822362289
ISBN 10 0822362287
Title The Colombia Reader
Author Ann Farnsworth-Alvear
Series The Latin America Readers
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Duke University Press
Year published 2017-01-03
Number of pages 648
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.