Colombia : territorial rule and the Llanos frontier

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Colombia : territorial rule and the Llanos frontier

Title remainder

territorial rule and the Llanos frontier

Statement of responsibility

Jane M. Rausch

Creator

• Rausch, Jane M., 1940-

Subject

• Colombia -- History -- 1903-1946
• Colombia -- History, Local
• Frontier and pioneer life -- Colombia | Llanos
• Geschichte 1830-1946
• Colombia -- Historia local
• Llanos -- Colombia -- Historia
• Llanos -- Colombia -- History
• Territorialpolitik
• Vida de pioneros -- Colombia | Llanos
• Kolumbien

Language

eng

Summary

"Fascinating and well-researched account of the efforts by the three Colombian presidents who ruled during the so-called 'Liberal Republic' (1930-46) to develop and incorporate the vast expanses of territory to the east of the Andes known commonly as the Llanos. Concludes that although some progress was made in the more accessible departments of Meta, Arauca, and Casanare, the reforms 'did not change the basic structure of the Llanos frontier or its relationship to the highlands as it had been developing over the previous three centuries' (p. 216). Instead, the advent of the Violencia largely halted efforts and reinforced status of eastern Colombia as a haven for people fleeing from conflict elsewhere. Essential reading for anyone wishing to better understand why the Llanos became the focus of the Colombian drug trade and the main stronghold of the country's largest guerrilla force"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Cataloging source

DLC

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

F2277

LC item number

.R29 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Summary URI

http://www.loc.gov/hlas