Beneath the United States : : A History of U.S. Policy toward Latin America / / Lars Schoultz.
In this sweeping history of United States policy toward Latin America, Lars Schoultz shows that the United States has always perceived Latin America as a fundamentally inferior neighbor, unable to manage its affairs and stubbornly underdeveloped. This perception of inferiority was apparent from the...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Encountering Latin America
- 2 Acquiring Northern Mexico
- 3 Struggling over Slavery in the Caribbean
- 4 Ending an Era: Regional Hegemony over a Defective People
- 5 Beginning a New Era: The Imperial Mentality
- 6 Testing the Imperial Waters: Confronting Chile
- 7 Excluding Great Britain: The Venezuela Boundary Dispute
- 8 Establishing an Empire: Cuba and the War with Spain
- 9 Creating a Country, Building a Canal
- 10 Chastising Chronic Wrongdoing
- 11 Providing Benevolent Supervision: Dollar Diplomacy
- 12 Continuing to Help in the Most Practical Way Possible
- 13 Removing the Marines, Installing the Puppets
- 14 Establishing the Foundations of Honorable Intercourse
- 15 Becoming a Good Neighbor
- 16 Attacking Dictatorships
- 17 Combatting Communism with Friendly Dictators
- 18 Combatting Communism with Economic Development
- 19 Two Centuries Later
- Sources
- Notes
- Index