Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface Timeline of Historical Events A Petroleum Republic Venezuela to 1600 The Colonial Era (to 1810) Movements toward Independence (1810-1830) The Age of Caudillismo (1830-1898) Restoration and Rehabilitation (1899-1935) The Emergence of Modern Venezuela (1935-1958) The Return of Democracy (1959-1963) The Institutionalization of Democracy (1964-1973) Venezuelan Boom and Bust (1974-1988) Chaos, Futility, and Incompetence (1989-1998) The Bolivarian Revolution (1999-2005) Notable People in the History of Venezuela Glossary of Selected Terms

About the Author

H. MICHAEL TARVER is the department head of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Arkansas Tech University, USA. JULIA C. FREDERICK is the director of Latin American History at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA.