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Territorial rule in Colombia and the transformation of the Llanos Orientales

Title
Territorial rule in Colombia and the transformation of the Llanos Orientales [electronic resource] / Jane M. Rausch.
Author
Rausch, Jane M., 1940-
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 186 p.) : map.
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.
Uniform Title
Territorial rule in Colombia and the transformation of the Llanos Orientales (Online)
Alternative Title
Territorial rule in Colombia and the transformation of the Llanos Orientales (Online)
Subject
  • Llanos > Colombia > History
  • Frontier and pioneer life > Colombia
  • Llanos (Colombia and Venezuela) > History
  • Llanos (Colombia and Venezuela) > Social life and customs
  • Colombia > Politics and government
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-178) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2013015090
OCLC
ssj0000950852
Author
Rausch, Jane M., 1940-
Title
Territorial rule in Colombia and the transformation of the Llanos Orientales [electronic resource] / Jane M. Rausch.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-178) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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