Religion, Society, and Culture in Colombia: Antioquia and Medelli'An 1850-1930

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This is the first detailed scholarly study of culture and sociability in Colombia during the period c. 1850 and 1930. Patricia Londoño-Vega gives a vivid picture of some of the factors that reduced social distances in the province of Antioquia during this period of relative harmony and prosperity. She examines hundreds of the groups and voluntary associations which flourished at this time and which brought a growing number of Antioqueños of different social backgrounds together around religious practices and ...
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This is the first detailed scholarly study of culture and sociability in Colombia during the period c. 1850 and 1930. Patricia Londoño-Vega gives a vivid picture of some of the factors that reduced social distances in the province of Antioquia during this period of relative harmony and prosperity. She examines hundreds of the groups and voluntary associations which flourished at this time and which brought a growing number of Antioqueños of different social backgrounds together around religious practices and societies, the exercising of charity, a concern for education, and the pursuit of cultural progress.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780199249534
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publication date: 6/20/2002
  • Series: Oxford Historical Monographs Series
  • Pages: 400
  • Product dimensions: 8.60 (w) x 5.60 (h) x 1.20 (d)

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University of Antioquia
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Table of Contents

List of maps
List of tables
List of appendices
Abbreviations
Introduction 1
Prologue: Antioquia and its people 9
Pt. I The Catholic Church
1 'Una Republica de Curas': Church and Politics 31
2 Towards a Greater Presence of the Church 56
3 Proliferation of Devotional Associations 96
4 Religiosity in Daily Life 126
5 A Plethora of Charity Societies 164
Pt. II Education and Culture as Factors of Cohesion
6 Developments and Achievements in Education 187
7 New Cultural Societies 216
Final Comments 299
Appendices 316
Bibliography 353
Index 385
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