Modernization in Colombia : the Laureano Gómez years, 1889-1965 / James D. Henderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, James D., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gómez, Laureano, 1889-1965.

Gómez, Laureano.

Colombia--History--1886-1903.

Colombia.

Colombia--History--1903-1946.

Colombia--History--1946-1974.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FLorida : University Press of Florida, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

''The research involved in putting this manuscript together is truly awesome and involves a major synthesis of Colombian political, economic, urban, and social history which has not been achieved to date either in Spanish or in English.''-- Maurice P.

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Illustrations ix; Acknowledgments xi; Introduction xiii; I. Toward Modernity, 1889-1932; II. The Dangers of Political Inauthenticity, 1932-1965; Epilogue: The Passing of the Centenarians 417; Appendix 1. Distribution of Violencia-Related Deaths by Department 423; Appendix 2. Violencia-Related Deaths by Year, 1947-1966 424; Appendix 3. Violencia-Related Deaths per 100,000 Population as a Percentage of 1960 and 1966 Intentional Deaths in Colombia; Intentional Deaths in Colombia Compared with Those in Other Countries 425; Notes 427; Bibliography 459; Index 485

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-484) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-3124-9

OCLC:

476046312