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Colombia

Latin America

Thin and mostly historical. The coffee economy is the one part with a serious scholarly treatment.

Start here

  1. Colombia: A Concise Contemporary HistoryMichael J. LaRosa, Germán R. Mejía, 2012
  2. The Making of Modern ColombiaDavid Bushnell, 1993
  3. Coffee in Colombia, 1850-1970Marco Palacios, 1980
The Making of Modern ColombiaThe Making of Modern Colombia
T2 The Making of Modern Colombia
David Bushnell · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

The standard one-volume history; the institutional backdrop to everything else.

Coffee in Colombia, 1850-1970Coffee in Colombia, 1850-1970
T3 Coffee in Colombia, 1850-1970
Marco Palacios · 1980
Open LibraryGoodreads

Economic history of the crop, the growers' federation and the export institutions built around it.

Coffee, Society, and Power in Latin AmericaCoffee, Society, and Power in Latin America
T3 Coffee, Society, and Power in Latin America
William Roseberry, Lowell Gudmundson, Mario Samper Kutschbach · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Comparative coffee political economy; sets Colombia's growers' federation in context.

Colombia: Fragmented Land, Divided Society
T3 Colombia: Fragmented Land, Divided Society
Frank Safford, Marco Palacios · 2002
Open LibraryGoodreads

Colombia's history read through its regional divisions, the fact behind its markets.

Colombia: A Concise Contemporary HistoryColombia: A Concise Contemporary History
T3 Colombia: A Concise Contemporary History
Michael J. LaRosa, Germán R. Mejía · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Modern Colombia through its reform years and the security-led recovery.

Essays on Industrialization in ColombiaEssays on Industrialization in Colombia
T4 Essays on Industrialization in Colombia
R. Albert Berry · 1983
Open LibraryGoodreads

Dated but the only serious English work on Colombian manufacturing.

Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History oBetween Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875-2002
T4 Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875-2002
Marco Palacios · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Property rights, land and violence as a continuous economic story.

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