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A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THE UNITED STATES DID INFLUENCE VENEZUELA'S TURN AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY. AMERICAN DIPLOMATS, ALTHOUGH SYMPATHETIC TO VENEZUELA'S DEMOCRATS WERE PREVENTED EVEN RELATIVELY MINOR EFFORTS TO HELP THEM BY "NONINTERVENTION". ON THE OTHER HAND, U.S. ARMY REPRESENTATIVES BECAME INCREASINGLY FRIENDLY WITH DISCONTENTED VENEZUELAN OFFICERS. WHILE STRENGTHENING VENEZUELA AGAINST AN EXTERNAL THREAT, MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND NONINTERVENTIONIST DECLARATIONS LEFT VENEZUELA'S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT VULNERABLE TO INTERNAL FORCES. HOWEVER, IN 1948 THE UNITED STATES POSTPONED BUT DID NOT ABANDON SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELAN DEMOCRACY.

Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation of goods and ideas, with particular emphasis on their reception in Europe

"Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation of goods and ideas, with particular emphasis on their reception in Europe. It critiques and enriches Atlantic history and the history of consumption by highlighting a degree of resistance to unfamiliar goods and information as well as the asymmetrical and violent nature of many types of exchange. It considers agents who forged networks and relations within and beyond the Spanish Empire, including Jesuit missionaries, Sephardic merchants, African laborers and farmers from Oaxaca to Santo Domingo to the Piedmont. While uniting increasingly homogenous and connected societies, the expansion of European horizons also generated diverse interests and divergent material cultures"--

history of the Americas

This research has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme ERC CoG 648535, which finances its publication in open access. ; Departamento de Geografía, Historia y Filosofía - Área de Historia Moderna