Historical Dictionary of Venezuela

By (author) Tomás Straka, Guillermo Guzmán Mirabal, Alejandro E. Cáceres

Publication date:

06 December 2017

Length of book:

450 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781538109496

Venezuela is the seventh largest oil producer and holder of the largest proven reserves in the world. It’s also a country full of problems, as evidenced by having the biggest inflation rates and, by some estimates the highest crime rates worldwide. Despite having an oil boom between 2004 through 2008 with income of around two billion dollars, in 2016 it suffered an immense economic contraction and probably the largest supply shortcut crisis in its history.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Venezuela contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Venezuela.

Editor´s Foreword
Acknowledgment
Reader´s Notes
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Map
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendixes
1 Venezuela at a Glance
2 Presidents
3 Population
4 Population Pyramid
5 Racial Structure
6 Real GDP
7 Inflation
Bibliography
About the Authors

Author expertise in history, business, and economic history shows in this new edition. An introduction follows acronyms, a low-contrast map, and chronology for the period 1498 to early 2017 that omits only a few years or short spans of time. . . Alphabetically organized entries of the dictionary show cross-references by displaying any term that also appears elsewhere as an article heading in bold face at first appearance within an entry. See and see also references precede headings in all capitals. . . Appendixes offer general reference, presidents. . . population, and demographic and economic data. Maduro appears among dictionary entries. The bibliography is organized topically, with a wide range of historic and recent references. Primarily for comprehensive and Latin American studies reference collections.

Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.