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In Their Own Best Interest : A History of the U.S. Effort to Improve Latin Americans /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schoultz, Lars (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Introduction: Altruists and Realists --   |t 1. Establishing the Need for Improvement --   |t 2. Uplifting Begins: The War of 1898 --   |t 3. Money Doctors, Democracy Doctors, and Marines --   |t 4. Latin American Opposition and the Retreat from Protectorates --   |t 5. Pledging to Be a Good Neighbor --   |t 6. Breaking New Ground: Uplifting Institutions --   |t 7. To Improve or Not to Improve? The Cold War Question --   |t 8. Cuba Determines the Answer --   |t 9. Losing Panache, Entrenching Institutions --   |t 10. The Evolution from Economic to Political Improvement --   |t 11. Promoting Good Governance --   |t Conclusion: Whose Best Interests? --   |t Abbreviations --   |t Notes --   |t Index 
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650 0 |a Politicians  |z United States  |x Attitudes. 
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653 |a Chile. 
653 |a Cuba. 
653 |a Dominican Republic. 
653 |a Foreign aid. 
653 |a Good Neighbor policy. 
653 |a Latin American economy. 
653 |a Latin American politics. 
653 |a Mexico. 
653 |a U.S. investments in Latin America. 
653 |a USAID. 
653 |a military assistance in Latin America. 
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