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Neighborly Adversaries Readings in U. S-Latin American Relations

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ISBN-10: 0742540472

ISBN-13: 9780742540477

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Frank O. Mora, Michael LaRosa

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Providing a balanced and interdisciplinary interpretation, this comprehensive reader traces the troubled U.S.-Latin American relationship from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the post 9/11 period. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition includes original essays on critical issues such as immigration and the environment. In addition, a new section helps students understand the most important themes and topics that unify and divide the United States and Latin American nations today. The readings are framed by the editors' opening chapter on the history of the relationship, part introductions, and abstracts for each selection. Methodologically interdisciplinary, yet…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Michael J. LaRosa is associate professor of history at Rhodes College.

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: "Contentious Neighbors in the Western Hemisphere"
Disparate Perceptions: Expansionism Versus Arielismo
"The Anglo-Saxon and the World's Future"
Ariel
"Wild People in Wild Lands: Early American Views of Latin Americans"
The Monroe Doctrine and Origins of U.S. Expansionism
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823-1826
The Platt Amendment of 1901
"The Real Monroe Doctrine"
Autopsy of the Monroe Doctrine: The Strange Story of Inter-American Relations
From TR to FDR: Interventionism and the Good Neighbor Policy
"Leonard Wood and the White Man's Burden"
"Development of the Panama Policy in the Caribbean and Central America (1902-1936)"
"An Address to Congress on the Mexican Crisis (April 20, 1914)"
The Making of the Good Neighbor Policy
Cold War Arrives in Latin America
"The Impact of the Cold War on U.S.-Latin American Relations, 1945-1949"
"Latin America as a Problem in U.S. Foreign Policy"
The Hovering Giant: U.S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin America
Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
"Did Eisenhower Push Castro into the Arms of the Soviets?"
Development and Conflict in U.S.-Latin American Relations
The Alliance That Lost Its Way: A Critical Report on the Alliance for Progress
Condemned to Repetition: The United States and Nicaragua
"The Debt Crisis and Economic Development"
"Dope and Dogma: Explaining the Failure of U.S-Latin American Drug Policies"
Latin America and the United States: from the 1990s to Post-9/11
"More Latin, Less America? Creating a Free Trade Area of the Americas"
"U.S. Immigration Policies in Historic Context: A Latin American Case Study"
"The Forgotten Relationship"
"The United States and Latin America through the Lens of Empire"
"U.S. Influences in Latin America: The Environmental Impact of Trade and the Sustainability Agenda"
"Resistance and Alternatives to Globalization in Latin America and the Caribbean"
"Beyond Benign Neglect: Washington and Latin America"
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Credits
Index
About the Contributors