Negotiating paradise U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America / Dennis Merrill.

Author/creator Merrill, Dennis
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxvi, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Americans--Latin America. --History. --20th century.
Tourists--Latin America. --History. --20th century.
Tourism--Latin America. --History. --20th century.
Tourism--Political aspects. --Latin America. --History. --20th century.
Tourism--Social aspects. --Latin America. --History. --20th century.
United States--Relations. --Latin America.
Latin America--Relations. --United States.
Latin America--Civilization. --American influences.

Contents Introduction : mass tourism, empire, and soft power -- Lone eagles and revolutionaries : the U.S.-Mexican rapprochement of the 1920s -- Containment and good neighbors : tourism and empire in 1930s Mexico -- The safe bet : Batista's Cuba -- Paradise lost : Castro's Cuba -- Bootstraps, beaches, and cobblestone : commonwealth Puerto Rico -- A Cold War mirage : Puerto Rico in the 1960s and 1970s.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009009380
ISBN9780807832882 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN080783288X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807859049 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN0807859044 (pbk : alk. paper)

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