Title Civilization and violence : regimes of representation in nineteenth-century Colombia / Cristina Rojas ; foreword by Michael J. Shapiro

Published Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 224 pages) : illustrations Series Borderlines ; v. 19 Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; v. 19. Contents Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Civilization as History; 1. The Will to Civilization; 2. Civilization and Violence; 3. The Political Economy of Civilization; 4. The Subalterns' Voices; 5. The Will to Civilization and Its Encounter with Laissez-Faire; 6. Representation, Violence, and the Uneven Development of Capitalism; Conclusion: Civilizations--Clash or Desire?; Notes; Index Summary Civilization and violence are not necessarily the antagonists we presume--with civilization taming violence, and violence unmaking civilization. Focusing on postindependence Colombia, this book brings to light the ways in which violence and civilization actually intertwined and reinforced each other in the development of postcolonial capitalism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Violence -- Colombia Elite (Social sciences) -- Colombia -- History -- 19th century Power (Social sciences) -- Colombia Capitalism -- Colombia -- History -- 19th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Capitalism Civilization Economic history Elite (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Social conditions Violence SUBJECT Colombia -- Civilization -- 19th century Colombia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Colombia -- Social conditions -- 19th century Subject Colombia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001003104 ISBN 9780816690695 0816690693 9780816634309 0816634300 9780816634316 0816634319

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