Colombian Caribbean
Subtitle: a regional history, 1870-1950
By: Eduardo Posada-Carbó.
Series: Oxford historical monographs
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford [England; New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Regionalism -- Colombia -- History.; Atlantic Coast Region (Colombia) -- History.; Atlantic Coast Region (Colombia) -- Economic conditions.; Atlantic Coast Region (Colombia) -- Social conditions.; Colombia -- History.
Description: "Revised PhD dissertation examines from a regional perspective the social, economic, and political development of the departments of Bolívar, Magdalena, Atlántico, and Guajira between 1870-1950. Topics include agriculture, cattle, rural and urban environments, transportation, external influences, politics, and the relationship between the region and the nation. Well-researched and clearly written"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-291) and index.