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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820067403321

Autore

McPherson Alan L

Titolo

Yankee no! : anti-Americanism in U.S.--Latin American relations / / Alan McPherson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-674-04088-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

327.7308

Soggetti

Anti-Americanism - Latin America

Latin America Relations United States

United States Relations Latin America

Dominican Republic History 1961-

Panama History 1946-1981

Cuba History 1959-1990

Venezuela History 1935-1958

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction Anti-Americanism as Historical Problem 1. The Road to Caracas Or, Richard Nixon Must Get Stoned 2. Cuba, 1959 Revolutionary Anti-Americanism and U.S. Panic 3. Panama, 1964 Conservative Anti-Americanism and U.S. Pragmatism 4. Dominican Republic, 1965 Episodic Anti-Americanism and U.S. Containment Epilogue Toward Global Anti-Americanism Abbreviations Notes Selected Sources Acknowledgments Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 1958, angry Venezuelans attacked Vice-President Richard Nixon in Caracas, opening a turbulent decade in Latin American-US relations. Alan McPherson here sheds light on the controversial problem of anti-American sentiment in the world.