In Their Own Best Interest : A History of the U.S. Effect to Improve Latin Americans / Lars Schoultz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoultz, Lars, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--United States--Attitudes.

Politicians.

Economic assistance, American--Latin America--History.

Economic assistance, American.

Progressivism (United States politics).

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

United States.

Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.

Latin America.

United States--Foreign relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

For over a century the U.S. has "improved" the peoples of Latin America by promoting everything from representative democracy and economic development to oral hygiene. How did this paternalistic practice evolve and spread globally and what are the troubling consequences for a country with a habit of giving-and for others with a habit of receiving?

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Altruists and Realists

1. Establishing the Need for Improvement

2. Uplifting Begins: The War of 1898

3. Money Doctors, Democracy Doctors, and Marines

4. Latin American Opposition and the Retreat from Protectorates

5. Pledging to Be a Good Neighbor

6. Breaking New Ground: Uplifting Institutions

7. To Improve or Not to Improve? The Cold War Question

8. Cuba Determines the Answer

9. Losing Panache, Entrenching Institutions

10. The Evolution from Economic to Political Improvement

11. Promoting Good Governance

Conclusion: Whose Best Interests?

Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674988996

067498899X

9780674989016

0674989015

OCLC:

1088930693