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America/ Americas : myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America / Eldon Kenworthy.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995.Description: xvi, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0271014148 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0271014156 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.7308 20 KEN
Review: "Complex, sweeping, provocative interpretation of negative US cultural perceptions of Latin America and their influence on regional actions; argues that opinions rooted in myth of US exceptionalism and fear of extrahemispheric rivals, coupled with view of Latin Americans as culturally and politically inferior, results in both forceful and benign US paternalism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
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Open Shelf Books Hamu Mukasa Library Open Access / General collection; Level 1 327.7308 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 53685

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180) and index.

"Complex, sweeping, provocative interpretation of negative US cultural perceptions of Latin America and their influence on regional actions; argues that opinions rooted in myth of US exceptionalism and fear of extrahemispheric rivals, coupled with view of Latin Americans as culturally and politically inferior, results in both forceful and benign US paternalism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

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