Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-361) and index.
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Part one: Colombia: its geography and society -- Opportunities and incentives -- Part two: Moral and industrial education -- Learning to work -- Part three: Academic science for the upper class: Bourbons and neo-Bourbons -- The enlightenment in New Granada -- The neo-Bourbons, 1821-1845 -- The decline of neo-Bourbonism -- Part four: The origins of a Colombian engineering profession -- Study abroad -- The Colegio Militar -- Stumbling progress, 1863-1903 -- A place for engineers.