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In from the Cold : Latin America's New Encounter with the Cold War /

Over the last decade, studies of the Cold War have mushroomed globally. Unfortunately, work on Latin America has not been well represented in either theoretical or empirical discussions of the broader conflict. With some notable exceptions, studies have proceeded in rather conventional channels, foc...

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Otros Autores: Armony, Ariel C. (Contribuidor), Bachelor, Steven J. (Contribuidor), Blanton, Thomas S. (Contribuidor), Fein, Seth (Contribuidor), Gleijeses, Piero (Contribuidor), Joseph, Gilbert M. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Langland, Victoria (Contribuidor), McAllister, Carlota (Contribuidor), Pitti, Stephen (Contribuidor), Rosenberg, Emily S. (Editor ), Spenser, Daniela (Contribuidor, Editor ), Zolov, Eric (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2008]
Colección:American encounters/global interactions : 39
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • I. New Approaches, Debates, and Sources
  • What We Now Know and Should Know: Bringing Latin America More Meaningfully into Cold War Studies
  • Recovering the Memory of the Cold War: Forensic History and Latin America
  • II. Latin America between the Superpowers: International Realpolitik, the Ideology of the State, and the ''Latin Americanization'' of the Conflict
  • The Caribbean Crisis: Catalyst for Soviet Projection in Latin America
  • The View from Havana: Lessons from Cuba's African Journey, 1959-1976
  • Transnationalizing the Dirty War: Argentina in Central America
  • III. Everyday Contests over Culture and Representation in the Latin American Cold War
  • Producing the Cold War in Mexico: The Public Limits of Covert Communications
  • ¡Cuba sí, Yanquis no! The Sacking of the Instituto Cultural México- Norteamericano in Morelia, Michoacán, 1961
  • Miracle on Ice: Industrial Workers and the Promise of Americanization in Cold War Mexico
  • Chicano Cold Warriors: César Chávez, Mexican American Politics, and California Farmworkers
  • Birth Control Pills and Molotov Cocktails: Reading Sex and Revolution in 1968 Brazil
  • Rural Markets, Revolutionary Souls, and Rebellious Women in Cold War Guatemala
  • IV. Final Reflections
  • Standing Conventional Cold War History on Its Head Daniela Spenser
  • Selective Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index