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Taking Haiti : military occupation and the culture of U.S. imperialism, 1915-1940 /
The U.S. invasion of Haiti in July 1915 marked the start of a military occupation that lasted for nineteen years - and fed an American fascination with Haiti that flourished even longer. Exploring the cultural dimensions of U.S. contact with Haiti during the occupation and its aftermath, the author...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2001]
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| Colección: | Gender & American culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The U.S. invasion of Haiti in July 1915 marked the start of a military occupation that lasted for nineteen years - and fed an American fascination with Haiti that flourished even longer. Exploring the cultural dimensions of U.S. contact with Haiti during the occupation and its aftermath, the author shows that what Americans thought and wrote about Haiti during those years contributed in crucial and unexpected ways to an emerging culture of U.S. imperialism. At the heart of this emerging culture, the author argues, was American paternalism, which saw Haitians as wards of the United States. She explores the ways in which diverse Americans - including activists, intellectuals, artists, missionaries, marines, and politicians - responded to paternalist constructs, shaping new versions of American culture along the way. Her analysis draws on a rich record of U.S. discourses on Haiti, including the writings of policymakers; the diaries, letters, songs, and memoirs of marines stationed in Haiti; and literary works by such writers as Eugene O'Neill, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 414 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-390) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807862185 9780807862186 9780807826287 0807826286 0807849383 9780807849385 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |