Territorial rule in Colombia and the transformation of the Llanos Orientales /

Territorial rule in Colombia and the transformation of the Llanos Orientales /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rausch, Jane M., 1940-
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Llanos -- Colombia -- History. Frontier and pioneer life -- Colombia. Frontier and pioneer life. Llanos. Manners and customs. Politics and government Llanos (Colombia and Venezuela) -- History. Llanos (Colombia and Venezuela) -- Social life and customs. Colombia -- Politics and government. Colombia. South America -- Llanos. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Map Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11203269

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ISBN:	9780813046334 0813046335 9780813048444 0813048443 0813044669 9780813044668
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
Summary:	An examination of the Llanos Orientales of Colombia (an area that, up to the 1980s, could still be considered frontier) and the effects of the discovery of petroleum in the region and the rapid growth that ensued.
Other form:	Print version: 9780813044668

Table of Contents:

The Llanos frontier on the eve of la violencia
The violencia and its impact on the Llanos, 1946-1953
Rojas Pinilla and the pacification of the Llanos, 1953-1957
Territorial rule during the national front and its aftermath, 1958-1978
The contemporary era, 1978-2010
Changing concepts of the Llanos frontier in the last half of the twentieth century.