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Magical State – Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela

Fernando Coronil
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      In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974-78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised to effect this transformation, yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry. In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, this text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Fernando Coronil EAN: 9780226116020 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 704 g HEIGHT: 231 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-11-10 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, HISTORY / Latin America / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory WIDTH: 158 cm SPINE:

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      Venezuela, Development studies, Anthropology, Political structures: democracy, Economics

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      In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974-78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised to effect this transformation, yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry. In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, this text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Fernando Coronil EAN: 9780226116020 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 704 g HEIGHT: 231 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-11-10 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, HISTORY / Latin America / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory WIDTH: 158 cm SPINE:

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      Venezuela, Development studies, Anthropology, Political structures: democracy, Economics

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