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Author O'Brien, Thomas F., 1947-

Title Making the Americas : the United States and Latin America from the age of revolutions to the era of globalization / Thomas F. O'Brien
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (390 pages) : illustrations
Series Diálogos
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contents From encounters to expansion, 1776-1861 -- The road to empire, 1861-1899 -- The civilizing empire, 1899-1917 -- Defending the empire, 1917-1929 -- From depression to war, 1929-1945 -- Nationalism, communism, and modernization, 1946-1958 -- Defending the mission of modernization, 1959-1969 -- Dictatorship and revolution, 1970-1979 -- Insurgency and insolvency, 1980-1992 -- Globalization and its discontents, 1993-2006
Summary The author, an expert on business interests in Latin America, examines U.S. efforts, spanning two centuries, to impose economic dominance on the peoples of the Americas and the Latin American responses to these policies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-370) and index
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Subject HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY.
Civilization -- American influences
International relations
Politik
Wirtschaft
Kultur
Rezeption
Amerikanisierung
SUBJECT Latin America -- Civilization -- American influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98003949
Latin America -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074895
Latin America -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Latin America
Subject Latin America
United States
Lateinamerika
USA
USA -- Lateinamerika -- Geschichte.
Lateinamerika -- USA -- Geschichte.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826342010
0826342019