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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Merrill, Dennis.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Americans--Latin America--History--20th century.
Americans.
Tourists--Latin America--History--20th century.
Tourists.
Tourism--Latin America--History--20th century.
Tourism.
Tourism--Political aspects--Latin America--History--20th century.
Tourism--Social aspects--Latin America--History--20th century.
United States--Relations--Latin America.
United States.
Latin America--Relations--United States.
Latin America.
Latin America--Civilization--American influences.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Negotiating Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Twentieth-Century Latin America
Contents:
Introduction : mass tourism, empire, and soft power
Lone eagles and revolutionaries : the U.S.-Mexican rapprochement of the 1920's
Containment and good neighbors : tourism and empire in 1930's 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 1960's and 1970's.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
979-88-908843-4-3
979-88-9313-376-9
1-4696-0553-8
0-8078-9863-5
OCLC:
646875483

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