‘Civility and good manners": a social challenge for the of the elite during the Venezuelan Venezuelan Federal War (1858-1863)

Abstract

The phenomena of war shaped (marked) Venezuelan society in the mid-19th century. of the 19th century Venezuelan society. By developing a social overview of the Federal War, the author perceives how the elite continued to survive and how the elite continued to survive and maintain their social conduct (social customs), despite social behaviour (social customs), despite the privations they had to live (suffer) during the they had to live (suffer) during that time.