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14%OFFAlan McPherson - Yankee No! - 9780674019973 - V9780674019973
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Yankee No!

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Description for Yankee No! Paperback. Winner of the Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title and the A B Thomas Book Award Sponsored by the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies, this book sheds light on the controversial and pressing problem of anti-US sentiment in the world by examining the roots of anti-Americanism in Latin America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.

In 1958, angry Venezuelans attacked Vice President Richard Nixon in Caracas, opening a turbulent decade in Latin American–U.S. relations. In Yankee No! Alan McPherson sheds much-needed light on the controversial and pressing problem of anti-U.S. sentiment in the world.

Examining the roots of anti-Americanism in Latin America, McPherson focuses on three major crises: the Cuban Revolution, the 1964 Panama riots, and U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic. Deftly combining cultural and political analysis, he demonstrates the shifting and complex nature of anti-Americanism in each country and the love–hate ambivalence of most Latin Americans toward the United States. When rising ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674019973
SKU
V9780674019973
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About Alan McPherson
Alan McPherson is Thomas J. Freaney, Jr., Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD) at Temple University.

Reviews for Yankee No!
McPherson examines the years from 1958 to 1966, when anti-Americanism was a prominent theme in inter-American diplomacy, to deliver a helpful reminder that anti-Americanism is not a new phenomenon nor a product only of the Middle East—and that it has been confronted quite effectively in the past, at least when its sources were sought out and taken seriously. He provides ... Read more

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