Juan Vicente Gómez and the Oil Companies in Venezuela, 19081935
Edition: New edition
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780521892186
Subjects: Petroleum & oil industries; World history; 20th century; Business; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Venezuela; Ethnic Cultures - General; Latin America - General; Biography & Autobiography / Business; Biography & Autobiography-Ethnic Cultures - General; History / Modern / 20th Century; History-Latin America - General
First sentence: When Gomez seized power in 1908 his underlying objectives were to bring peace and work to Venezuela.