Whose America?: The War of 1898 and the Battles to Define the Nation - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0275967948 ISBN 13: 9780275967949

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2001

Riassunto

Bouvier presents essays by leading American and Latin American scholars that contend the war of 1898 marked a pivotal point in the definition of America. It launched an identity crisis in each of the national cultures involved and set in place paradigms that continue to influence domestic and international relations today.

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In the midst of the "culture wars" raging in the United States, this book recovers a part of U.S. history that some wish to forget--the war of 1898. With the war, U.S. policymakers terminated more than four centuries of Spanish colonial rule in the region and launched a paradigm for U.S.-Latin American relations that dominated the 20th century. The war inaugurated an era of profound change not only in U.S. policy toward Latin America, but also in regional cultures and identities within the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Virginia M. Bouvier underscores the importance of the war in defining American identities. Contributors discuss such items as Spanish perspectives on the U.S. role in the conflict, the multiple and conflicted identities of the Cuban emigre community, and the capacity of gender discourse to explain Congressional actions. A final bibliographic essay reviews recent scholarship on the war. Scholars, students, and researchers involved with American and Latin American history will find this collection particularly valuable.

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• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0275967948
• ISBN 13: 9780275967949
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 241
• Redattore: Bouvier Virginia Marie