Negotiating paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America /

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In his examination of interwar Mexico, early Cold War Cuba, and Puerto Rico during the Alliance for Progress, Merrill demonstrates how tourists and the international travel industry facilitated the expansion of U.S. consumer and cultural power in Latin America. He also shows the many ways in which l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Merrill, Dennis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1900-1999
Americans > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Tourists > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Political aspects > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Social aspects > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Touristes > Amérique latine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Americans
Civilization > American influences
International relations
Tourism
Tourism > Political aspects
Tourism > Social aspects
Tourists
Toerisme.
Koude Oorlog.
United States > Relations > Latin America.
Latin America > Relations > United States.
Latin America > Civilization > American influences.
Latin America
United States
Midden-Amerika.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : mass tourism, empire, and soft power
  • Lone eagles and revolutionaries : the U.S.-Mexican rapprochement of the 1920s
  • Containment and good neighbors : tourism and empire in 1930s Mexico
  • The safe bet : Batista's Cuba
  • Paradise lost : Castro's Cuba
  • Bootstraps, beaches, and cobblestone : commonwealth Puerto Rico
  • A Cold War mirage : Puerto Rico in the 1960s and 1970s.

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