In Their Own Best Interest : : A History of the U.S. Effort to Improve Latin Americans / / Lars Schoultz.
For over a century the U.S. has “improved” the peoples of Latin America by promoting everything from representative democracy and economic development to oral hygiene. How did this paternalistic practice evolve and spread globally and what are the troubling consequences for a country with a habit of...
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Schoultz, Lars, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut In Their Own Best Interest : A History of the U.S. Effort to Improve Latin Americans / Lars Schoultz. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018] ©2020 1 online resource (400 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Altruists and Realists -- 1. Establishing the Need for Improvement -- 2. Uplifting Begins: The War of 1898 -- 3. Money Doctors, Democracy Doctors, and Marines -- 4. Latin American Opposition and the Retreat from Protectorates -- 5. Pledging to Be a Good Neighbor -- 6. Breaking New Ground: Uplifting Institutions -- 7. To Improve or Not to Improve? The Cold War Question -- 8. Cuba Determines the Answer -- 9. Losing Panache, Entrenching Institutions -- 10. The Evolution from Economic to Political Improvement -- 11. Promoting Good Governance -- Conclusion: Whose Best Interests? -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star For over a century the U.S. has “improved” the peoples of Latin America by promoting everything from representative democracy and economic development to oral hygiene. How did this paternalistic practice evolve and spread globally and what are the troubling consequences for a country with a habit of giving—and for others with a habit of receiving? Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Economic assistance, American Latin America History. Politicians United States Attitudes. Progressivism (United States politics). HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh Central America. Chile. Cuba. Dominican Republic. Foreign aid. Good Neighbor policy. Latin American economy. Latin American politics. Mexico. U.S. investments in Latin America. USAID. military assistance in Latin America. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606621 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674989016 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674989016 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674989016/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Altruists and Realists -- 1. Establishing the Need for Improvement -- 2. Uplifting Begins: The War of 1898 -- 3. Money Doctors, Democracy Doctors, and Marines -- 4. Latin American Opposition and the Retreat from Protectorates -- 5. Pledging to Be a Good Neighbor -- 6. Breaking New Ground: Uplifting Institutions -- 7. To Improve or Not to Improve? The Cold War Question -- 8. Cuba Determines the Answer -- 9. Losing Panache, Entrenching Institutions -- 10. The Evolution from Economic to Political Improvement -- 11. Promoting Good Governance -- Conclusion: Whose Best Interests? -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
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