Papeles Clandestinos Del Partido Democrático Nacional, 1937 1941

Useful collection of documents dealing with politics in Venezuela after the death of Juan Vicente Gómez, and the evolution of the Partido Democrático Nacional, predecessor to Acción Democrática (AD). Challenges categorization of this early political organization as a class party, while drawing distinctions between it and the Venezuelan Communist Party –Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.