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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject
- Trade
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780813522036
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10
081352203X
ISBN-13
9780813522036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038512044
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Publication Name
United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Subject
United States / 20th Century, Imperialism, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
95-005459
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
972.94/05
Table Of Content
Introduction Haiti before the Intervention The Decision to Intervene The Intervention The Marines Take Charge Reorganization and Rationalization Racial and Cultural Tension Uplift The Prospects Uplift Success and Failure Strikes and Riots Withdrawal Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Copyright
Synopsis
"A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development." - The New York Times "From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country." - American Historical Review "The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas." -J ournal of Interdisciplinary History "Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations." - Choice "A valuable addition to Latin American and U.S. historiography." - Library Journal "Schmidt sees American racism, bondholders cultures, the technocratic side of Progressivism, and the National City Bank looting of Haiti as the factors motivating Wilson's 1915 invasion....As a detailed case study in an exceptional manifestation of U. S. imperial control the book will attract a readership beyond students of Caribbean history." - Kirkus "An important and well-documented account....an interesting case study in twentieth-century imperialism. Schmidt sees the occupation of Haiti as part of a general tendency in American foreign policy...Schmidt analyses in detail the mechanics of the invasion, and discusses the actions, attitudes, and policies of the U.S. administration....A model of academic elegance." -Caribbean Studies "All the more convincing because the author has used previously inaccessible archive materials." - Journal of American History, "A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development." -- The New York Times "From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country." -- American Historical Review "The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas." --J ournal of Interdisciplinary History "Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations." -- Choice "A valuable addition to Latin American and U.S. historiography." -- Library Journal "Schmidt sees American racism, bondholders cultures, the technocratic side of Progressivism, and the National City Bank looting of Haiti as the factors motivating Wilson's 1915 invasion....As a detailed case study in an exceptional manifestation of U. S. imperial control the book will attract a readership beyond students of Caribbean history." -- Kirkus "An important and well-documented account....an interesting case study in twentieth-century imperialism. Schmidt sees the occupation of Haiti as part of a general tendency in American foreign policy...Schmidt analyses in detail the mechanics of the invasion, and discusses the actions, attitudes, and policies of the U.S. administration....A model of academic elegance." --Caribbean Studies "All the more convincing because the author has used previously inaccessible archive materials." -- Journal of American History, "A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development." ? The New York Times "From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country." ? American Historical Review "The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas." ?J ournal of Interdisciplinary History "Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations." ? Choice "A valuable addition to Latin American and U.S. historiography." ? Library Journal "Schmidt sees American racism, bondholders cultures, the technocratic side of Progressivism, and the National City Bank looting of Haiti as the factors motivating Wilson's 1915 invasion....As a detailed case study in an exceptional manifestation of U. S. imperial control the book will attract a readership beyond students of Caribbean history." ? Kirkus "An important and well-documented account....an interesting case study in twentieth-century imperialism. Schmidt sees the occupation of Haiti as part of a general tendency in American foreign policy...Schmidt analyses in detail the mechanics of the invasion, and discusses the actions, attitudes, and policies of the U.S. administration....A model of academic elegance." ?Caribbean Studies "All the more convincing because the author has used previously inaccessible archive materials." ? Journal of American History, "A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development." --The New York Times "From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country." --American Historical Review "The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas." --Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations." --Choice Hans Schmidt taught form many years at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He now teaches at the University of Hong Kong., "An important and well-documented account....an interesting case study in twentieth-century imperialism. Schmidt sees the occupation of Haiti as part of a general tendency in American foreign policy...Schmidt analyses in detail the mechanics of the invasion, and discusses the actions, attitudes, and policies of the U.S. administration....A model of academic elegance." --Caribbean Studies
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