Enfermedad y sociedad en los primeros tiempos modernos

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Volumen elaborado coincidiendo con la conmemoración del I centenario de la ciudad de Torrelavega. Se trata de un “viaje” político, económico, cultural y social con el pasado de la ciudad en el que se describe el ambiente y el sabor torrelaveguense en el que se desenvolvieron sus antepasados.

«Este libro, el cuarto que publica la Cátedra de Pensamiento Colombiano de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, cubre un periodo corto pero muy intenso en acontecimientos políticos y sociales: los años de los gobiernos de Mariano Ospina Pérez, Laureano Gómez y Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Está delimitado por dos hitos muy precisos en la historia de Colombia: el asesinato del líder popular Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, en 1948, y el comienzo del Frente Nacional, en 1957. Los ensayos recogidos abordan aspectos que no habían sido objeto de atención de los historiadores o que merecían un nuevo...

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