From frontier town to metropolis : a history of Villavicencio, Colombia, since 1842 /

From frontier town to metropolis : a history of Villavicencio, Colombia, since 1842 /

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Author / Creator:	Rausch, Jane M., 1940-
Imprint:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2007.
Description:	xi, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Llanos (Colombia and Venezuela) Frontier and pioneer life. Villavicencio (Meta, Colombia) -- History. Colombia -- Villavicencio (Meta) South America -- Llanos. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6653819

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ISBN:	9780742554733 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742554732 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742554740 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0742554740 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations, Maps, and Photographs
Preface
1. The Llanos Frontier and the Founding of Villavicencio
2. Villavicencio during the Federation Era, 1863-1888
3. Villavicencio during the Era of Regeneration, 1886-1899
4. War and Dictatorship, 1899-1909
5. Capital of the National Intendancy of Meta, 1909-1930
6. Villavicencio during the Liberal Republic, 1930-1946
7. La Violencia and Its Impact on Villavicencio, 1947-1953
8. The Rojas Pinilla Dictatorship and the Pacification of the Llanos, 1953-1958
9. Villavicencio during the National Front, 1957-1974
10. Villavicencio, 1974-Present: The Search for Civic Identity
11. Villavicencio and the Llanos Frontier
Bibliography
Index
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