Negotiating paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America /
Merrill, Dennis,
Negotiating paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America / Dennis Merrill. - xvi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : mass tourism, empire, and soft power -- Lone eagles and revolutionaries : the U.S.-Mexican rapprochement of the 1920s -- Containment and good neighbors : tourism and empire in 1930s 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 1960s and 1970s.
080783288X 9780807832882 0807859044 9780807859049
2009009380
Americans--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourists--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourism--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourism--Political aspects--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourism--Social aspects--History--Latin America--20th century.
United States--Relations--Latin America
Latin America--Relations--United States
Latin America--Civilization--American influences
F1418 / .M453 2009
303.48280730904
Negotiating paradise : U.S. tourism and empire in twentieth-century Latin America / Dennis Merrill. - xvi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : mass tourism, empire, and soft power -- Lone eagles and revolutionaries : the U.S.-Mexican rapprochement of the 1920s -- Containment and good neighbors : tourism and empire in 1930s 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 1960s and 1970s.
080783288X 9780807832882 0807859044 9780807859049
2009009380
Americans--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourists--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourism--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourism--Political aspects--History--Latin America--20th century.
Tourism--Social aspects--History--Latin America--20th century.
United States--Relations--Latin America
Latin America--Relations--United States
Latin America--Civilization--American influences
F1418 / .M453 2009
303.48280730904