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Este trabajo describe y analiza en detalle la compleja transformación social, cultural y política de la región de Sumapaz a lo largo del siglo XX, con énfasis en el campesinado como el agente fundamental de este proceso. Uno de los hilos conductores es el desenvolvimiento del movimiento agrario de Sumapaz y sus cambios organizativos, sociales y políticos. A diferencia de otros estudios sobre el movimiento agrario de esta región, aquí se analizan no solo las luchas agrarias, sino también la vida diaria de los campesinos, su educación, su cultura, su religiosidad y sus lealtades...

Después de una ardua labor de investigación, Sicilia logra "penetrar y tocar con las manos desnudas" la vida y la doctrina espiritual de Concepción Cabrera de Armida (1862-1937), cuyo amor, humanidad y compromiso histórico la colocan como una de las más altas místicas de México, a la altura de mujeres excepcionales como santa Teresa de Jesús y santa Teresita de Lisieux. La narración se ve enriquecida con la reconstrucción amena e interesante, junto con la vida de esta mujer, de buena parte de la historia de México.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...