Política y constitución

Juan introduces the reader to his family and describes his life including how they earn their living recycling trash found in the local landfill.

"Invaluable account of negotiations with and reincorporation of several guerrilla groups in 1990-91. Thorough history of settlement negotiated with M-19 guerrillas, and reports on parallel negotiations with the Ejército Popular de Liberación, Movimiento Quintín Lame, Partido Revolucionario de Trabajadores, and urban militias of Medellín. Good addition to the large and growing body of literature on guerrillas and peace processes in Colombia"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Este libro presenta una s ntesis de los principales aspectos del desarrollo econ mico colombiano durante el siglo XX elaborada por un grupo de reconocidos especialistas que en muchos casos tambi n fueron conductores de la pol tica econ mica. la obra aborda temas como el ingreso per c pita, las tendencias en la estructura de la poblaci n relacionadas con la nutrici n y la salud, el sector agr cola, el proceso de industrializaci n comparado con los patrones internacionales y latinoamericanos, la historia fiscal, monetaria y de pol tica crediticia, la construcci n de ferrocarriles y carreteras,...

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)