Book 2013

Territorial Rule in Colombia and the Transformation of the Llanos Orientales

Publisher: University Press of Florida
Language: English
Published: 2013

Llanos
Frontier and pioneer life
Colombia, social conditions
Colombia, history
Venezuela, history

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.