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Autore |
Merrill Dennis |
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Titolo |
Negotiating paradise [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America / / Dennis Merrill |
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Chapel Hill, NC, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0553-8 |
0-8078-9863-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
Electronic books. |
United States Relations Latin America |
Latin America Relations United States |
Latin America Civilization American influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Negotiating Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Twentieth-Century Latin America |
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