... Compendio de la historia de Venezuela desde su descubrimiento y conquista hasta que se declaró estado independiente . By Yanes Francisco Javier . Introduction by Mendoza Cristóbal L. and Lecuna Vicente . [ Academia Nacional de la Historia, bajo los auspicios del Gobierno...

...Jane Lucas de Grummond Mariño y la independencia de Venezuela. La antigua Venezuela . By Parra-Pérez Cabraciola . Madrid , 1956 . Ediciones Cultura Hispánica . Illustrations . Pp. 598 . Paper . Copyright 1957 by Duke University Press 1957 ...

...Mary Watters El Arzobispo Guevara y Guzmán Blanco. Documentación relativa al Conflicto entre la Iglesia y el Estado en Venezuela bajo el Gobierno de estos dos Personajes, 1870-1876 . By Navarro Monseñor Nicolás E. . ( Caracas : Tipografía Americana , 1932 , pp. xxi , 491...

...H. Micheal Tarver These two recent works provide an excellent account of selected aspects of Venezuela’s political and economic concerns, from the successful g olpe de estado of January 1958 to the unsuccessful one of February 1992. They are both welcome additions to the growing scholarship...

...William H. Gray Resumen de la historia de Venezuela desde el descubrimiento de su territorio por los Castellanos en el siglo XV, hasta el año de 1797 . By Baralt Rafael María . ( Brujas, Bélgica : Desclée, De Brouwer y Cia. , 1939 . Pp. XI , 503 .) Resumen de la historia de...

...W.C. Contribución a la construcción del futuro de Venezuela . Volume I, Part I: Venezuela, Año 1969 . Caracas , 1968-1969 . Universidad Católica Andrés Bello . Index. Graphs. Tables . Pp. viii , 292 . Paper. Copyright 1971 by Duke University Press 1971 This is one of a series...

...John V. Lombardi Café con leche: Race, Class, and National Image in Venezuela . By Wright Winthrop R. . Austin : University of Texas Press , 1990 . Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xi , 167 pp. Cloth . $25.00 . Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991...

...Mary Butler United States Economic Penetration of Venezuela and its Effects on Diplomacy: 1895—1906 . By Carreras Charles . New York : Garland , 1987 . Map. Notes. Chart. Bibliography . Pp. 252 . Cloth . $44.00 . Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 Carreras...

... are given considerable credit for consciously placing modern Venezuela on a democratic capitalist path. Dávila claims, correctly in my opinion, that the institutions they brought into being, such as a national bank, government credit banks, an income tax, and a nationalistic oil policy, became a permanent...

...Robert J. Ferry Hacienda y comercio de Venezuela en el siglo XVII: 1601-1650 . Directed by Farías Eduardo Arcila . Caracas : Banco Central de Venezuela , 1986 . Notes. Tables. Graphs. Bibliography . Pp. 304 . Paper. Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 Arcila...

...Jeffrey Bortz Working-Class Mobilization and Political Control: Venezuela and Mexico . By Davis Charles L. . Lexington : University of Kentucky Press , 1989 . Tables. Appendix. Notes. Index. xii , 211 pp. Cloth . $22.00 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992...

...Judith Ewell Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 February has become the crudest month for Venezuela. “Black Friday,” February 18, 1983 began a sharp devaluation of the currency. February 27, 1989, witnessed popular riots in the capital and beyond. On February 3 and 4, 1992...

...Carlos Marichal Formación y crisis de un sistema financiero nacional: Banca y estado en Venezuela (1830-1940) . By Vallenilla Nikita Harwich . Caracas : Fondo Editorial Buria/Fondo Editorial Antonio José de Sucre , 1986 . Charts. Bibliography . Pp. 109 . Paper . Copyright 1990...

...Stephanie Wood Lords of the Tiger Spirit: A History of the Caribs in Colonial Venezuela and Guyana, 1498-1820 . By Whitehead Neil L. . Providence : Foris Publications , 1988 . Maps. Tables. Figures. Illustrations. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. vii , 250 . Paper...

... in the “revolution” (chapter 2), the “structure of internal power” vis-à-vis the “national project” (chapter 3), and the regional question in Venezuelan politics during the second half of the nineteenth century (chapter 5). Copyright 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 Venezuela: Proyecto nacional y poder...

... of preparation by the immigrants doomed most of these sponsored immigration projects to failure. Scots, Canary Islanders, and Germans alike quickly abandoned the agricultural colonies for the cities or left Venezuela altogether. Two exceptions to the general failure were the much-studied Colonia Tovar, a German...

..., another contributor to this volume) that democratic structures have been grafted onto authoritarian tradition rather than gradually displacing it, as modernization theory maintains. In his “Public Opinion About Military Coups and Democratic Consolidation in Venezuela,” Enrique Baloyra cites a 1983 survey...

...Frederick M. Nunn Germany’s Vision of Empire in Venezuela, 1817-1914 . By Herwig Holger H. . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1986 . Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xii , 285 . Cloth . $38.00 . Copyright 1987 by Duke University Press 1987 Herwig’s...

...Jane M. Rausch Tierra firme: Historia de Venezuela y Colombia . By Izard Miguel . Madrid : Alianza Editorial , 1986 . Index. Bibliography . Pp. 250 . Paper. Copyright 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 Miguel Izard’s comparative history of Venezuela and Colombia...

...Judith Ewell Educational Reform and Administrative Development: The Cases of Colombia and Venezuela . By Hanson E. Mark . Stanford : Hoover Institution Press , 1986 . Map. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xviii , 246 . Cloth . $21.95 . Copyright 1987 by Duke...