Our hemisphere? : the United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the twenty-first century : The United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the Twenty-First Century / Britta H. Crandall and Russell C. Crandall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crandall, Britta H., author.

Crandall, Russell, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An accessible course book on U.S.-Latin American relations. “Our Hemisphere”? uncovers the range, depth, and veracity of the United States' relationship with the Americas. Using short historical vignettes, Britta and Russell Crandall chart the course of inter‑American relations from 1776 to the present, highlighting the roles that individuals and groups of soldiers, intellectuals, private citizens, and politicians have had in shaping U.S. policy toward Latin America in the postcolonial, Cold War, and post–Cold War eras.

Contents:

Time line of our stories

Introduction

Part I: Continental Consolidation and Conquest, 1776-1898

Part II: Empire to Amigos, 1898-1940s

Part III: Hot Cold War, 1950-1991

Part IV: Post-Cold War, 1989- : power and agency in a post-hegemonic hemisphere

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780300262339

0300262337

OCLC:

1291508851