Sentence examples for colonial centers from inspiring English sources

Those regions are also populated by a stock of people of European descent, and they are physically and culturally separate from the country's colonial centers in the altiplano.

The global historical conjuncture of 1870 1914 was a period in which ruling elites responded to the social effects of massive industrialization, urbanization, and internal and international migration with a mix of violent repression of urban workers and colonial subjects coupled in colonial centers with universal male political enfranchisement and social benefits.

But it does so purposely in recognition that the inauguration of a truly global criticism that abjures cultural hegemony is best facilitated by a diverse assembly of opinions emanating from myriad cultures, and not by a single voice emanating from one of the former colonial "centers" that would only perpetuate eurocentric authority.

One good way to start a visit is to take a trolley tour through the colonial center of town.

In Arequipa, the country's second largest city, dozens of homes were flattened and chunks of ornate stone architecture were strewn in the streets of the colonial center.

In Pondicherry, a pleasant place to stay is the Vatika Guest Home, on the northern edge of the old colonial center (67 François Martin Street; 91-413-233-3980; www.comikaguesthome.com).com

Among the opposition candidates, Mr. Andrade is credited with cleaning up much of the urban blight in Lima's colonial center.

Though some buildings were still boarded up, and most notably, the church was missing, the heart of the colonial center, where multicolored streamers hung from brightly painted wooden poles, looked great.

But what the government started, a wave of polyglot businesspeople like Mr. McMurdo — restaurateurs, hoteliers, real estate developers and night life impresarios — has continued, helping to resuscitate Santa Marta's colonial center.

Its immaculate light has made it famous, as have its sunsets, its glowing adobe buildings and Spanish colonial center, all of which make a great backdrop for the cyclist.

In Bogotá's colonial center, a group of rappers has even started a hip-hop cultural center, founded with the help of a European cultural group, which offers classes in music mixing, break dancing and spraying graffiti.