Shawn Van Ausdal
Biographic Data
| ID | 370976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shawn Van Ausdal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shawn |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Ausdal |
| SIGNATURE | VAN AUSDAL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de los Andes |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7328-1489 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Anthoine de Gogorza, Louis Lacharme, and the forgotten origins of the Panama Canal
The story of the Panama Canal is often framed as a morality tale juxtaposing French tragedy and American triumph (or imperialism). What gets lost in this depiction is a pair of adventurous entrepreneurs, Anthoine de Gogorza and Louis Lacharme, whose efforts led Ferdinand de Lesseps to his doomed canal project. This article shows how the roots of the Panama Canal emerged from the forests of Colombia’s Sinú River Valley, whose settlement, in turn, …
The Nature of Failure
For 50 years, the American-Colombian Corporation owned the largest property in Colombia: the Lands of Loba. While the principal investors, men from Utah and later also Laurance and Nelson Rockefeller, dreamed of making a fortune from this tropical “fairyland,” none of their plans bore fruit and they eventually lost control to thousands of so-called squatters. To explain the failure of an American free-standing company, this article emphasizes mis…
Africa and the Americas in the Columbian Exchange
Africa and the Americas in the Columbian Exchange: an Interview with Judith Carney
Pastures, crops, and inequality
The Colombian countryside has long been dominated by grass and inequality. Economic theory (i.e., the inverse relationship between farm size and productivity) holds that the monopolization of land by ranchers is irrational since farming is more productive than ranching and small farms often produce more per area than large ones. Traditional explanations for the predominance of grass and the country's agrarian structure focus on extra-economic coe…
Hoofprints
Territorial Rule in Colombia and the Transformation of the Llanos Orientales ‐ by Rausch, Jane M
Rausch, Jane M. (2013) Territorial Rule in Colombia and the Transformation of the Llanos Orientales, University Press of Florida ( Gainesville, FL), x + 186 pp. £69.95 hbk. The Llanos Orientales, Colombia's vast tropical grasslands east of the Andes, have long been a frontier region. Isolated and environmentally challenging, Hispanic colonisation and control was minimal there, and a distinctive society, shaped by missions and extensive ranching, …
Black Ranching Frontiers
Presentación del dossier “Nuevas historias agrarias de América Latina”
Productivity Gains and the Limits of Tropical Ranching in Colombia, 1850-1950
Healing the Herds
Potreros, ganancias y poder. Una historia ambiental de la ganadería en Colombia, 1850-1950
En el Repositorio Institucional Séneca están depositados materiales en formato digital fruto de la producción científica o académica, de esta manera permite almacenar, difundir y preservar información de vital importancia
Pasture, profit, and power
Medio siglo de geografía histórica en Norteamérica
En el Repositorio Institucional Séneca están depositados materiales en formato digital fruto de la producción científica o académica, de esta manera permite almacenar, difundir y preservar información de vital importancia
Development and Discourse among the Maya of Southern Belize
This article explores the discourse of development in southern Belize, and the appropriateness of post-development ideas to understand its effects. It investigates a prevailing notion in development texts from the region that population pressure represents an environmental threat, an odd image for a country with so few inhabitants and so many trees. It also examines the consequences of apparent attempts by the government to employ development pro…
Pasture, profit, and power
Development and Discourse among the Maya of Southern Belize
This article explores the discourse of development in southern Belize, and the appropriateness of post-development ideas to understand its effects. It investigates a prevailing notion in development texts from the region that population pressure represents an environmental threat, an odd image for a country with so few inhabitants and so many trees. It also examines the consequences of apparent attempts by the government to employ development pro…
Potreros, ganancias y poder. Una historia ambiental de la ganadería en Colombia, 1850-1950
En el Repositorio Institucional Séneca están depositados materiales en formato digital fruto de la producción científica o académica, de esta manera permite almacenar, difundir y preservar información de vital importancia
Healing the Herds
Presentación del dossier “Nuevas historias agrarias de América Latina”
The Nature of Failure
For 50 years, the American-Colombian Corporation owned the largest property in Colombia: the Lands of Loba. While the principal investors, men from Utah and later also Laurance and Nelson Rockefeller, dreamed of making a fortune from this tropical “fairyland,” none of their plans bore fruit and they eventually lost control to thousands of so-called squatters. To explain the failure of an American free-standing company, this article emphasizes mis…
Productivity Gains and the Limits of Tropical Ranching in Colombia, 1850-1950
Medio siglo de geografía histórica en Norteamérica
En el Repositorio Institucional Séneca están depositados materiales en formato digital fruto de la producción científica o académica, de esta manera permite almacenar, difundir y preservar información de vital importancia
Development and Discourse among the Maya of Southern Belize
This article explores the discourse of development in southern Belize, and the appropriateness of post-development ideas to understand its effects. It investigates a prevailing notion in development texts from the region that population pressure represents an environmental threat, an odd image for a country with so few inhabitants and so many trees. It also examines the consequences of apparent attempts by the government to employ development pro…
Medio siglo de geografía histórica en Norteamérica
En el Repositorio Institucional Séneca están depositados materiales en formato digital fruto de la producción científica o académica, de esta manera permite almacenar, difundir y preservar información de vital importancia
Pasture, profit, and power
Potreros, ganancias y poder. Una historia ambiental de la ganadería en Colombia, 1850-1950
En el Repositorio Institucional Séneca están depositados materiales en formato digital fruto de la producción científica o académica, de esta manera permite almacenar, difundir y preservar información de vital importancia
Healing the Herds
Productivity Gains and the Limits of Tropical Ranching in Colombia, 1850-1950
Presentación del dossier “Nuevas historias agrarias de América Latina”
Black Ranching Frontiers
Territorial Rule in Colombia and the Transformation of the Llanos Orientales ‐ by Rausch, Jane M
Rausch, Jane M. (2013) Territorial Rule in Colombia and the Transformation of the Llanos Orientales, University Press of Florida ( Gainesville, FL), x + 186 pp. £69.95 hbk. The Llanos Orientales, Colombia's vast tropical grasslands east of the Andes, have long been a frontier region. Isolated and environmentally challenging, Hispanic colonisation and control was minimal there, and a distinctive society, shaped by missions and extensive ranching, …
Hoofprints
Africa and the Americas in the Columbian Exchange
Africa and the Americas in the Columbian Exchange: an Interview with Judith Carney
Pastures, crops, and inequality
The Colombian countryside has long been dominated by grass and inequality. Economic theory (i.e., the inverse relationship between farm size and productivity) holds that the monopolization of land by ranchers is irrational since farming is more productive than ranching and small farms often produce more per area than large ones. Traditional explanations for the predominance of grass and the country's agrarian structure focus on extra-economic coe…
The Nature of Failure
For 50 years, the American-Colombian Corporation owned the largest property in Colombia: the Lands of Loba. While the principal investors, men from Utah and later also Laurance and Nelson Rockefeller, dreamed of making a fortune from this tropical “fairyland,” none of their plans bore fruit and they eventually lost control to thousands of so-called squatters. To explain the failure of an American free-standing company, this article emphasizes mis…
Anthoine de Gogorza, Louis Lacharme, and the forgotten origins of the Panama Canal
The story of the Panama Canal is often framed as a morality tale juxtaposing French tragedy and American triumph (or imperialism). What gets lost in this depiction is a pair of adventurous entrepreneurs, Anthoine de Gogorza and Louis Lacharme, whose efforts led Ferdinand de Lesseps to his doomed canal project. This article shows how the roots of the Panama Canal emerged from the forests of Colombia’s Sinú River Valley, whose settlement, in turn, …
Geography (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · History and Politics in Latin America (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Agroforestry (3 works)