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Race, reality, and realpolitik : U.S.-Haiti relations in the lead up to the 1915 occupation / Jeffrey Sommers with contributions from Patrick Delices. [electronic resource]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham [Maryland] : Lexington Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (159 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781498509152 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Race, reality, and realpolitik : U.S.-Haiti relations in the lead up to the 1915 occupation.DDC classification:
  • 327.7307294 23
LOC classification:
  • E183.8.H2 S63 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Haiti and the prelude to occupation -- Perceptions of Haiti : antebellum America before United States empire -- Marketing uplift and empire : popular magazines during the modern colonial era -- Hemispheric imperative to invest : Haiti and the Bulletin of the Pan American Union -- "Shame and evil" in Haiti : power elite perspectives on Haiti and empire -- Woodrow Wilson and Haiti : liberty, order, race, and American empire -- Epilogue: The occupation echoes forward.
Scope and content: "The year 2015 marked the centennial of the 1915 United States occupation of Haiti and Haiti's resistance to that signal event in its history. This study surveys the issues of economics, race, and realpolitik embedded in the political economy of U.S. interactions with Haiti that resulted in occupation"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Haiti and the prelude to occupation -- Perceptions of Haiti : antebellum America before United States empire -- Marketing uplift and empire : popular magazines during the modern colonial era -- Hemispheric imperative to invest : Haiti and the Bulletin of the Pan American Union -- "Shame and evil" in Haiti : power elite perspectives on Haiti and empire -- Woodrow Wilson and Haiti : liberty, order, race, and American empire -- Epilogue: The occupation echoes forward.

"The year 2015 marked the centennial of the 1915 United States occupation of Haiti and Haiti's resistance to that signal event in its history. This study surveys the issues of economics, race, and realpolitik embedded in the political economy of U.S. interactions with Haiti that resulted in occupation"--Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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