Confronting the American dream : Nicaragua under U.S. imperial rule / Michel Gobat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gobat, Michel.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

American encounters/global interactions.

American encounters/global interactions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

Nicaragua--History--1909-1937.

Nicaragua.

Nicaragua--History--1838-1909.

United States--Relations--Nicaragua.

United States.

Nicaragua--Relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox.

Contents:

pt. 1. Manifest destinies, 1849-1910. Americanization through violence : Nicaragua under Walker

Americanization from within : forging a cosmopolitan nationality. pt. 2. Restoration, 1910-1912. Challenging imperial exclusions : Nicaragua under the Dawson Pact

Bourgeois revolution denied : U.S. military intervention in the civil war of 1912. pt. 3. Dollar diplomacy, 1912-1927. Economic nationalism : resisting Wall Street's "feudal regime"

Anxious landlords, resilient peasants : dollar diplomacy's socioeconomic impact

Cultural anti-Americanism : the Caballeros Catolicos' crusade against U.S. missionaries, the "modern woman," and the "bourgeois spirit". pt. 4. Revolution, 1927-1933. Militarization via democratization : the U.S. attack on caudillismo and the rise of authoritarian corporatism

Revolutionary nationalism : elite conservatives, Sandino, and the struggle for a de-americanized Nicaragua. Epilogue: imperial legacies : dictatorship and revolution.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-350) and index.

ISBN:

9786613022080

9781283022088

1283022087

9780822387183

0822387182

OCLC:

226067842