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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rausch, Jane M., 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
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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.