America's forgotten colony : Cuba's Isle of Pines /
America's Forgotten Colony examines private US citizens' experiences on Cuba's Isle of Pines to show how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba (1902-58). This transnational study challenges the notion that US territorial ambitions waned after the nineteenth cen...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in US foreign relations.
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| Summary: | America's Forgotten Colony examines private US citizens' experiences on Cuba's Isle of Pines to show how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba (1902-58). This transnational study challenges the notion that US territorial ambitions waned after the nineteenth century. Many Americans, anxious about a 'closed' frontier in an industrialized, urbanized United States, migrated to the Isle and pushed for agrarian-oriented landed expansion well into the twentieth century. Their efforts were stymied by Cuban resistance and reluctant US policymakers. After decades of tension, however, a new generation of Americans collaborated with locals in commercial and institutional endeavors. Although they did not wield the same influence, Americans nevertheless maintained a significant footprint. The story of this cooperation upsets prevailing conceptions of US domination and perpetual conflict, revealing that US-Cuban relations at the grassroots were not nearly as adversarial as on the diplomatic level at the dawn of the Cuban Revolution. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107136854 1107136857 9781316502013 1316502015 |