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In Their Own Best Interest: A History of the U.S. Effort to Improve Latin Americans

By Lars Schoultz

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780674989016
DOI
10.4159/9780674989016
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2642351 bytes)
Pages
400\400
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 10:54:08

Description

For over a century the U.S. has “improved” the peoples of Latin America by promoting everything from representative democracy and economic development to oral hygiene. How did this paternalistic practice evolve and spread globally and what are the troubling consequences for a country with a habit of giving—and for others with a habit of receiving?

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