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Subject(s)

• Dominican Republic—Economic conditions [Browse]
• Dominican Republic—Politics and government [Browse]

Series

• Latin American perspectives series ; no. 15. [More in this series]
• Latin American perspectives series ; no. 15 [More in this series]

Summary note

"Cogent analysis of rulership in the Dominican Republic that offers historical backdrop of political rule, and examines the structural-functional aspects of governance, political economy of State power, and role of domestic and foreign actors in contemporary political development of the nation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-150) and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Hobart A. Spalding
• Introduction: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
• 1. Nineteenth-Century Regionalism, Political Struggle, and State Formation
• 2. Capitalist Agriculture and Class-State Formation at the Turn of the Century
• 3. Merchants and the Integration of the State into the International Credit System
• 4. The Beginnings of the Modern Dominican State
• 5. State Formation and the U.S. Military Occupation
• 6. Class and State Formation Under Trujillo
• 7. Consolidation of the Modern State, Class Formation, and Capitalist Restructuring
• 8. State and Class Formation in the Dominican Republic: Some Conclusions.

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ISBN

• 0813386810 ((alk. paper))
• 9780813386812 ((alk. paper))
• 9780813386829 ((alk. paper))
• 0813386829 ((alk. paper))

LCCN

95007669

OCLC

32167903

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