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Negotiating paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill, NC :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 local service workers, labor unions, business interests, and host governments vied to manage the Yankee invasion. Highlighting the everyday realities of U.S. empire in ways often overlooked, Merrill's analysis provides historical context for understanding the contemporary debate over the costs and be. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 327 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807898635 9780807898635 9781469605531 1469605538 080783288X 9780807832882 0807859044 9780807859049 |