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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820024703321

Autore

Rojas Cristina

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8166-9069-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Borderlines ; ; v. 19

Disciplina

303.6/09861/09034

Soggetti

Violence - Colombia

Elite (Social sciences) - Colombia - History - 19th century

Power (Social sciences) - Colombia

Capitalism - Colombia - History - 19th century

Colombia Civilization 19th century

Colombia Economic conditions 19th century

Colombia Social conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.