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# The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela

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Review: Venezuela, and the 'Magic' of Petro State - Coronil is well written and this book is actually quite a fascinating read. I would recommend this book if you are interested in learning about Venezuela's historical petroleum development and rush to modernity.
Review: Apasionante - En Español: Puede que la información teórica en este libro no sea demasiado profunda, pero sin duda es pertinente y esclarecedora. Pero lo más importante es que su lectura provoca una imaginación teatral, cinematográfica y literaria de los acontecimientos que hicieron posible la Venezuela antes de Chávez y que, por lo tanto, explican al actual proceso político para bien y para mal y sin las contaminaciones de la polarización actual, que tanto daño le han hecho al pensamientos social venezolano y latinoamericano. El Estado Mágico de Coronil va dejando la antropología para sumergirnos en un cruce pasmoso de las novelas negras que fueron coincidiendo en la identidad venezolana del petróleo. In English: It is possible that the theoretical imformation is not so deep as we would like, but there is no doubt that it is pertinent and clarifying. But the most important, its lecture provokes a theatral, cinematographical and literarial imagination of the events that made pre-Chavez' Venezuela possible. And for so on, those events also explain the political process now a day (for the good and for the bad) without the pollution from actual polarisation which have been so harmful to the venezuelan and latinamerican social thinking. The Coronil's Magical State leave gradually anthropology theories in order to plung us in a frightening black novels crossroad where the oil-venezuelan identity match up. Daniel Castro Aniyar Sociologist and Anthropologist VENEZUELA INDEPENDIENTE, 1810-1960. Mariano Picón-Salas et al

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #764,839 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #65 in Venezuelan History #440 in Caribbean & Latin American Politics #2,770 in History & Theory of Politics |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars (16) |
| Dimensions  | 9.06 x 6.05 x 1.02 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0226116026 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0226116020 |
| Item Weight  | 1.4 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 465 pages |
| Publication date  | November 10, 1997 |
| Publisher  | University of Chicago Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Venezuela, and the 'Magic' of Petro State
*by C***S on August 14, 2019*

Coronil is well written and this book is actually quite a fascinating read. I would recommend this book if you are interested in learning about Venezuela's historical petroleum development and rush to modernity.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Apasionante
*by C***E on June 23, 2009*

En Español: Puede que la información teórica en este libro no sea demasiado profunda, pero sin duda es pertinente y esclarecedora. Pero lo más importante es que su lectura provoca una imaginación teatral, cinematográfica y literaria de los acontecimientos que hicieron posible la Venezuela antes de Chávez y que, por lo tanto, explican al actual proceso político para bien y para mal y sin las contaminaciones de la polarización actual, que tanto daño le han hecho al pensamientos social venezolano y latinoamericano. El Estado Mágico de Coronil va dejando la antropología para sumergirnos en un cruce pasmoso de las novelas negras que fueron coincidiendo en la identidad venezolana del petróleo. In English: It is possible that the theoretical imformation is not so deep as we would like, but there is no doubt that it is pertinent and clarifying. But the most important, its lecture provokes a theatral, cinematographical and literarial imagination of the events that made pre-Chavez' Venezuela possible. And for so on, those events also explain the political process now a day (for the good and for the bad) without the pollution from actual polarisation which have been so harmful to the venezuelan and latinamerican social thinking. The Coronil's Magical State leave gradually anthropology theories in order to plung us in a frightening black novels crossroad where the oil-venezuelan identity match up. Daniel Castro Aniyar Sociologist and Anthropologist VENEZUELA INDEPENDIENTE, 1810-1960. Mariano Picón-Salas et al

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good overview of 20th century Venezuela plus..
*by T***N on January 3, 2002*

an interesting insight into why oil rent cannot buy industrial development. In addition to historical overview, Coronil describes the simultaneously enabling and corrosive effect of oil rent via several focused examples such as the failure to establish a Venezuelan tractor industry. These examples are especially convincing because of the interview material used to round out the characters of the main actors. On the other hand, the effort to connect the development difficulties of Venezeula with the general theory of rent capture is uninspired.

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