The Llanos frontier on the eve of la violencia -- The violencia and its impact on the Llanos, 1946-1953 -- Rojas Pinilla and the pacification of the Llanos, 1953-1957 -- Territorial rule during the national front and its aftermath, 1958-1978 -- The contemporary era, 1978-2010 -- Changing concepts of the Llanos frontier in the last half of the twentieth century
Summary
An examination of the Llanos Orientales of Colombia (an area that, up to the 1980s, could still be considered frontier) and the effects of the discovery of petroleum in the region - and the rapid growth that ensued
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-178) and index
