The Colombian Caribbean: A Regional History, 1870-1950

by Eduardo Posada-Carbï

Overview

This is a study of the role of regions in the development of modern nations in Latin America. The book focuses on the Colombian Caribbean between 1870 and 1950. It examines the achievements and shortcomings of arable agriculture and the significance of the livestock industry, the link between town and countryside, the influence of foreign migrants and foreign capital, the relationship between local and national politics, and the extent to which regionalism represented a challenge to the consolidation of the national state in Colombia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198206286
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/18/1996
Series:	Oxford Historical Monographs
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.96(d)
Lexile:	1590L (what's this?)

About the Author

Institute of Latin American Studies, London

Editorial Reviews

"Drawing on miscellaneous archival materials, newspaper sources, and official documents, as well as on secondary data, Eduardo Posada-Carbo assembles a convincing picture of politics, society, and the economy of the Colobian regian during the last decades of the nineteenth and the first three decades of the twentieth centuries. He weaves narrative and analysis together to construct an effective whole"—American historical Review

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