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"Ever since the quest for independence between 1810 and 1819, economic thought in Colombia has been shaped by policy debates and characterized by a pragmatic and eclectic approach. Economic thought in Colombia can only be revealed through the exploration of economists' practices and the role of economic arguments in a broader public debate. This history of Colombian economic thought provides a detailed account of major issues that have marked the constant feedback between economic ideas and economic practice in Colombia during the 19th and 20th centuries. This volume is thus a history of the interaction between ideas and policy. Those involved in this debates - politicians, public officials, journalists, and, latterly, professional economists - established direct contact with what can be identified as the centers of production of economic theory (both in Europe and the US) and entered regional and local networks in economics, but were not just importers of ideas or theories. The way in which they read, discussed, transformed and applied economic theories in Colombia makes for a rich environment for the production and implementation of economic policies that drew, diverged and transformed the way economics was understood and used as a source of knowledge for practical concerns. This is why the history of Colombian economic thought does not fit into traditional typologies of economic schools and why it must be understood as part of a political debate and within a political, social and cultural context that demanded specific solutions to urgent social demands. Through the study of when, how and what was taught at the beginnings of the Republican Era, and why and how professional economists came to lead public debate and economic policy making in the 20th century this book explores the foundations of this permanent interaction between theory and practice. This book will be of significant interest to readers of history of economic thought, economic history and the history of Colombian and Latin American economic, political and social life more broadly"--

Colombia --- Economic conditions. --- Economic policy. --- History

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The Coming of the Kingdom explores the experiences of the Indigenous Muisca peoples of the New Kingdom of Granada (Colombia) during the first century of Spanish colonial rule. Focusing on colonialism, religious reform, law, language, and historical writing, Juan F. Cobo Betancourt examines the introduction and development of Christianity among the Muisca, who from the 1530s found themselves at the center of the invaders' efforts to transform them into tribute-paying Catholic subjects of the Spanish crown. The book illustrates how successive generations of missionaries and administrators approached the task of drawing the Muisca peoples to Catholicism at a time when it was undergoing profound changes, and how successive generations of the Muisca interacted with the practices and ideas that the invaders attempted to impose, variously rejecting or adopting them, transforming and translating them, and ultimately making them their own. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Chibcha Indians --- Ethnic relations --- Chibcha Indians --- History --- Religious aspects --- Catholic Church. --- Religion. --- Catholic Church --- Misssions --- History. --- Colombia --- Colombia --- Discovery and exploration --- Spanish. --- History

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This book examines the geo-racialized order of the Colombian state and its consequences for Afro-descendant territories. To do so, it employs a historical institutional approach tracing racial exclusion and subnational socioeconomic outcomes in Colombia during the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. It uses a mixed-methods and interdisciplinary qualitative and quantitative analytical approach to identify the quantitative effects of informal racial exclusion on subnational collective outcomes, as well as to show more precisely how these effects were generated. Through its exploration of Colombia’s geo-racialized project, implicit exclusion of Afro-descendant territories and spatialized nature of racial diversity, this book contributes to literatures of Latin American political economy, institutional theory, racial politics and economic history. Irina España-Eljaiek is Assistant Professor at Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia. She holds a doctoral degree in economics and social sciences from the University of Cologne and the International Max Planck Research School, both in Germany. Her research interests include institutional theory, economic history, regional development, racial exclusion, education, and research methods. She specifically studies the effects of historical institutions on subnational socioeconomic development in Latin America, combining mixed method approaches and social science disciplines. .

Colombia --- Race relations --- History. --- History, Local. --- Race relations. --- Ethnology --- Culture. --- International economic relations. --- Economic policy. --- Social policy. --- Latin American Culture. --- International Political Economy’. --- Socio-Economic Policy. --- Latin America.

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An exploration of Colombian maps in New Granada. During the late Spanish colonial period, the Pacific Lowlands, also called the Greater Chocó, was famed for its rich placer deposits. Gold mined here was central to New Granada's economy yet this Pacific frontier in today's Colombia was considered the "periphery of the periphery." Infamous for its fierce, unconquered Indigenous inhabitants and its brutal tropical climate, it was rarely visited by Spanish administrators, engineers, or topographers and seldom appeared in detail on printed maps of the period. In this lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched volume, Juliet Wiersema uncovers little-known manuscript cartography and makes visible an unexamined corner of the Spanish empire. In concert with thousands of archival documents from Colombia, Spain, and the United States, she reveals how a "periphery" was imagined and projected, largely for political or economic reasons. Along the way, she unearths untold narratives about ephemeral settlements, African adaptation and autonomy, Indigenous strategies of resistance, and tenuous colonialisms on the margins of a beleaguered viceroyalty.

Atrato River, Dagua River, Naya River. --- indigenous studies, chorography, bogas, cargueros, Murindo, Cupica, Sombrerillo, Yurumanguí. --- manuscript cartography, maps, topography, Pacific lowlands, Colombia, New Granada, Cartagena, haciendas, Spanish Empire, visual studies, visual culture, Latin American Art History, Andean studies, colonial studies, cultural anthropology, African diaspora.

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"In Equality and the City, Enrique Pen̳alosa draws on his experience as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, as well as his many years of international work as a lecturer and consultant, to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space. As mayor of Bogota, Penalosa initiated development of the TransMilenio Rapid Bus Transit system, among the largest and most comprehensive public transit systems in the Global South, which carries 2.5 passengers a day along dedicated bus lanes, bike paths, and a rapid metro line. The system emphasizes accessibility for the entire population. Penalosa's efforts to create public space were similarly ambitious: over the course of his two terms, more than a thousand public parks were created or improved. Underlying these policies was a conviction of how cities should be-a compelling humanistic philosophy of sustainable urbanism. For Penalosa, city design is not just engineering; it defines human happiness, dignity, and equality. 'An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car,' Penalosa writes, 'but one where the rich use public transport.' Equality and the City provides practical criteria for conceiving and constructing different and better cities, not simply from an academic perspective but from that of a mayor who dreamt and achieved changes, overcame obstacles, and also failed at times"--

City planning --- Equality. --- Public spaces. --- Urban transportation. --- Sustainable transportation. --- Social aspects. --- Bogota Colombia. --- Global South. --- Latin America. --- Mayor. --- Penn Institute for Urban Research. --- TransMileno Rapid Bus Transit. --- Urban planning development. --- automobile car. --- bicycle bike path. --- city design. --- city management. --- city vs suburbs. --- demolition. --- emerging emergent. --- equal access. --- governance. --- humanistic philosophy. --- mobility. --- pedestrian. --- policy. --- practitioner. --- public parks. --- public space. --- public transit. --- quality of life. --- redevelopment. --- social integration. --- sustainable transportation. --- sustainable urbanism.