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Modern World History: Colombia

Recommended Databases for Imperialism Research

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window

Colombia, Pre-Colonization (before 1500s)

Colombia, Colonization (1500s-1819)

"Comunero Revolt (1781)," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"New Granada," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Article on the brief union of former Spanish colonies, including Colombia, from 1819-1829.

Colombia, Primary Sources, Colonization

Colombia, Post-Colonization (1819 to the present)

"Gran Colombia," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
A good overview article on the short-lived South American republic that was formed by Simón Bolívar after independence from Spain in 1819 .
"Colombian Civil War," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Overview article on Columbia's violent civil unrest, starting in the mid-1960s.
"Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Brief article on Colombia's primary anti-government guerrilla organization.
"National Liberation Army (ELN)," by , Edward F. Mickolus, World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)

Colombia, Primary Sources, Post-Colonization