Type
Text
Type
Dissertation
Advisor
Larson, Brooke | Gootenberg, Paul | Roxborough, Ian | Thomson, Sinclair.
Date
2012-08-01
Keywords
Bolivia, Elite, Politics, Region, Santa Cruz, State | History--Latin American history
Department
Department of History
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71508
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
This dissertation explores the relationship between a regional elite and the central state, focusing on Santa Cruz, a resource-rich department in Bolivia's eastern lowlands. It traces this relationship from 1935 to 1959, a period marked by the region's transformation from a marginalized space--in both the political territory and the national imagination--to a privileged place driving national development. The regionalist trends that have long shaped the historiography tend overlook the critical role played by the central state in fomenting economic development in Santa Cruz. By examining the relationship between the regional elite, the central state, and the U.S. government, this study illuminates the tensions and alliances that underlie the region's integration into the national space. In addition to national and transnational politics, this study also explores how the regional intelligentsia used the past to frame physical integration and development, using both history and archeology to legitimize their demands for increased autonomy and self-governance. | 244 pages
Recommended Citation
Pruden, Hernan, "Cruce??os into Cambas: Regionalism and Revolutionary Nationalism in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (1935-1959)" (2012). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 714.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/714