In their own best interest : a history of the U.S. effort to improve Latin Americans /

This book explores the culture of "improvement" that defines the attitudes and values shaping all United States policies towards Latin America in the past and present. The author's aim is to find the sources of this political and intellectual culture which has informed our relations w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schoultz, Lars (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Temas:
Politicians > United States > Attitudes.
Economic assistance, American > Latin America > History.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Politiciens > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Aide économique américaine > Amérique latine > Histoire.
Progressisme > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
Diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations > Philosophy
Economic assistance, American
Politicians > Attitudes
United States > Foreign relations > Latin America.
Latin America > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States > Foreign relations > Philosophy.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Amérique latine.
Amérique latine > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Aspect moral.
Latin America
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Establishing the need for improvement
  • Uplifting begins : the War of 1898
  • Money doctors, democracy doctors, and marines
  • Latin American opposition and the retreat from protectorates
  • Pledging to be a good neighbor
  • Breaking new ground : uplifting institutions
  • To improve or not to improve? The Cold War question
  • Cuba determines the answer
  • Losing Panache, entrenching institutions
  • The evolution from economic to political improvement
  • Promoting good governance.

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