The Colombia Reader: History, Culture, Politics - Paperback

by Ann Farnsworth-Alvear (Editor), Marco Palacios (Editor), Ana María Gómez López (Editor)

Containing over one hundred selections ranging from songs, artwork, and poetry, to journalism, oral history, and scholarship--most published in English for the first time--The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multi-layered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present.

Author Biography

Ann Farnsworth-Alvear is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Dulcinea in the Factory: Myths, Morals, Men, and Women in Colombia's Industrial Experiment, 1905-1960, also published by Duke University Press.

Marco Palacios is Professor at El Colegio de México and Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, and the author of many books, including Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875-2002, also published by Duke University Press.

Ana María Gómez López is an artist and independent scholar.