Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Foreword XI
4. Acknowledgments XV
5. Contents XVII
6. Illustrations XIX
7. Chapter I. Races and Classes in Colonial Venezuela 1
8. Chapter II. The Institutional Structure of Colonial Venezuela 15
9. Chapter III. Background of the Federal War and the Rise of Guzmán Blanco 33
10. Chapter IV. The Broken Road to Power 64
11. Chapter V. The Time of Dominance 77
12. Chapter VI. New Challenges and Final Eclipse 94
13. Chapter VII. Aspects of a Caudillo Regime: Ideological Irresponsibility 111
14. Chapter VIII. Aspects of a Caudillo Regime: The Unqualified Use of Force 134
15. Chapter IX. Aspects of a Caudillo Regime: Financial Chicanery 145
16. Chapter Χ. Aspects of a Caudillo Regime: Personalism 161
17. Conclusion 174
18. Bibliography 179
19. Index 185