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The making of modern Colombia - A nation in spite of itself (Hardcover)
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The making of modern Colombia - A nation in spite of itself (Hardcover)
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Colombia's status as the fourth largest nation in Latin America and
third most populousOCoas well as its largest exporter of such
disparate commodities as emeralds, books, processed cocaine, and
cut flowersOComakes this, the first history of Colombia written in
English, a much-needed book. It tells the remarkable story of a
country that has consistently defied modern Latin American
stereotypesOCoa country where military dictators are virtually
unknown, where the political left is congenitally weak, and where
urbanization and industrialization have spawned no lasting populist
movement.There is more to Colombia than the drug trafficking and
violence that have recently gripped the world's attention. In the
face of both cocaine wars and guerrilla conflict, the country has
maintained steady economic growth as well as a relatively open and
democratic government based on a two-party system. It has also
produced an impressive body of art and literature.David Bushnell
traces the process of state-building in Colombia from the struggle
for independence, territorial consolidation, and reform in the
nineteenth century to economic development and social and political
democratization in the twentieth. He also sheds light on the modern
history of Latin America as a whole."
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