Containing over one hundred selections\u2014most of them published in English for the first time\u2014The Colombia Reader<\/i>\u00a0presents a rich and multilayered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. The collection includes journalistic reports, songs, artwork, poetry, oral histories, government documents, and scholarship to illustrate the changing ways Colombians from all walks of life have made and understood their own history. Comprehensive in scope, it covers regional differences; religion, art, and culture; the urban\/rural divide; patterns of racial, economic, and gender inequalities; the history of violence; and the transnational flows that have shaped the nation. \u00a0The Colombia Reader\u00a0<\/i>expands readers’ knowledge of Colombia beyond its reputation for violence, contrasting experiences of conflict with the stability and significance of cultural, intellectual, and economic life in this plural nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Containing over one hundred selections\u2014most of them published in English for the first time\u2014The Colombia Reader\u00a0presents a rich and multilayered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. The collection includes journalistic reports, songs, artwork, poetry, oral histories, government documents, and scholarship to illustrate the changing ways Colombians from all walks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[219],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11899","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-information-sobre-colombia","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-external"],"yoast_head":"\n