The history of Venezuela / H. Micheal Tarver and Julia C. Frederick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarver Denova, Hollis Micheal.

Contributor:

Frederick, Julia C.

Series:

Greenwood histories of the modern nations 1096-2905

The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, 1096-2905

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venezuela--History.

Venezuela.

History.

Physical Description:

189 pages : 1 map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Summary:

On his third voyage of discovery from Spain, Christopher Columbus sighted Venezuela. Spanish explorers observed native homes built on stilts at the water's edge and gave the land its name, which means "little Venice." Venezuela became a Spanish colony for the next 300 years before the South American Independence Movement which liberated the country in 1821. After a brief period of unification with Colombia and Ecuador, Venezuela was then controlled by a succession of military dictators. Political strife and civil war followed. In the 1900s oil was discovered, military rule ensued, and Venezuela became the world's leading oil exporter, while the majority of the nation's people remained poor. In 1958, the country established a democratic government and has remained one since.

Contents:

A petroleum republic

Venezuela to 1600

The colonial era (to 1810)

Movements toward independence (1810-1830)

The age of caudillismo (1830-1898)

Restoration and rehabilitation (1898-1935)

The emergence of modern Venezuela (1935-1958)

The return of democracy (1958-1963)

The institutionalization of democracy (1964-1973)

Venezuelan boom and bust (1974-1988)

Chaos, futility, and incompetence (1989-1998)

The Bolivarian revolution (1999-2005).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-[180]) and index.

ISBN:

0313335257

OCLC:

60971719