H. Micheal Tarver, PhD, is professor of history at Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR. He is a former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Venezuela and has written and edited numerous books.

Public and school libraries should strongly consider acquiring this survey as it provides background information on an international calamity that is getting significant coverage from media outlets around the world.

• Series Foreword by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. FindlingPrefaceAcknowledgmentsTimeline of Historical Events1 A Petroleum Republic2 Venezuela to 16003 The Colonial Era to 18104 Movements toward Independence, 1810–18305 The Age of Caudillismo, 1830–18986 Restoration and Rehabilitation, 1899–19357 The Emergence of Modern Venezuela, 1935–19588 The Return of Democracy, 1959–19639 The Institutionalization of Democracy, 1964–197310 Venezuelan Boom and Bust, 1974–198811 Chaos, Futility, and Incompetence, 1989–199812 The Age of Chavismo, 1999–201313 The Socialist Collapse, 2013–201814 An Uncertain FutureNotable People in the History of VenezuelaGlossary of Selected TermsBibliographic EssayIndex

H. Micheal Tarver, PhD, is professor of history at Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR. He is a former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Venezuela and has written and edited numerous books.

Public and school libraries should strongly consider acquiring this survey as it provides background information on an international calamity that is getting significant coverage from media outlets around the world.

• Series Foreword by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. FindlingPrefaceAcknowledgmentsTimeline of Historical Events1 A Petroleum Republic2 Venezuela to 16003 The Colonial Era to 18104 Movements toward Independence, 1810–18305 The Age of Caudillismo, 1830–18986 Restoration and Rehabilitation, 1899–19357 The Emergence of Modern Venezuela, 1935–19588 The Return of Democracy, 1959–19639 The Institutionalization of Democracy, 1964–197310 Venezuelan Boom and Bust, 1974–198811 Chaos, Futility, and Incompetence, 1989–199812 The Age of Chavismo, 1999–201313 The Socialist Collapse, 2013–201814 An Uncertain FutureNotable People in the History of VenezuelaGlossary of Selected TermsBibliographic EssayIndex

H. Micheal Tarver, PhD, is professor of history at Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR. He is a former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Venezuela and has written and edited numerous books.

Public and school libraries should strongly consider acquiring this survey as it provides background information on an international calamity that is getting significant coverage from media outlets around the world.

• Series Foreword by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. FindlingPrefaceAcknowledgmentsTimeline of Historical Events1 A Petroleum Republic2 Venezuela to 16003 The Colonial Era to 18104 Movements toward Independence, 1810–18305 The Age of Caudillismo, 1830–18986 Restoration and Rehabilitation, 1899–19357 The Emergence of Modern Venezuela, 1935–19588 The Return of Democracy, 1959–19639 The Institutionalization of Democracy, 1964–197310 Venezuelan Boom and Bust, 1974–198811 Chaos, Futility, and Incompetence, 1989–199812 The Age of Chavismo, 1999–201313 The Socialist Collapse, 2013–201814 An Uncertain FutureNotable People in the History of VenezuelaGlossary of Selected TermsBibliographic EssayIndex