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Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History
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by Robert H. Holden and Eric Zolov
Sales Rank: 318290
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Discount: 10 %
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA March 9, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0195129946
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195129946
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
"This is a superb collection of material covering nearly 200 years, with succinct introductions that put each document in context. But it is especially great on the past century as Latin American as well as U.S. views and policies are given attention, and cultural figures such as Jack Kerouac,
Ariel Dorfman, and C. Wright Mills have their say along with such obvious (and different) suspects as Theodore Roosevelt, Nelson Rockefeller, and Ronald Reagan."--Walter LaFeber, Cornell University
"Latin America and the United States is a thoughtfully conceived and up-to-date collection that offers documentary insight on political, economic, cultural, and social dimension of inter-American relations. Particularly welcome is the inclusion of Latin American viewpoints. This volume will be an
extremely valuable teaching tool for courses on Latin America, U.S. diplomatic history, U.S. foreign policy, and U.S.-Latin American relations."--Peter H. Smith, University of California, San Diego
Book Description
Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History brings together the most important documents on the history of the relationship between the United States and Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present. In addition to the standard diplomatic sources, the book includes documents touching on the transnational concerns that are increasingly taught in the classroom, including economic relations, environmental matters, immigration, human rights, and culture. Among the less frequently cited works reproduced here are Domingo Sarmiento's nineteenth-century reflection on life in the United States, the Andrews Sisters' 1944 hit song, "Ru and Coca Cola," Jack Kerouac's beatnik observations on Mexico, the U.S. Senate's investigation of CIA assassination plots, and the World Court decision condemning the Reagan administration's Nicaragua policy. The collection illuminates key issues while representing a variety of interests and views as they have both persisted and shifte over time, including often-overlooked Latin American perspectives and U.S. public opinion. A special feature of this book is the extensive introductions highlighting the historical context and significance of each of the 124 documents. A detailed index provides the thematic and national cross-referencing that both students and instructors will appreciate. Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in Latin American history as well as in U.S.-Latin America relations. In addition, it serves as a unique reference tool for foreign policy professionals, international law specialists, journalists, and scholars in a variety of disciplines.
Reader Reviews
This is a book of various writings and pictures. Although reading many of the documents in this book can be boring, the summations of each are excellently done. Little boons like excerpts of the CIA pamphlets that educated Contras, or how the Andrews Sisters plagarized a Latin song, makes this an interesting hodge-podge.
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