Empire and Dissent

The United States and Latin America
Herausgeber: Rosen, Fred

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection examines the question of Empire, the various forms of resistance, dissent and/or accomodation it generates, and the ways it has manifested itself in the Americas, analyzing U.S. hemispheric relations at the turn of the 21st century from an

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780822342557
• ISBN-10: 0822342553
• Artikelnr.: 23823426

Autorenporträt

Fred Rosen, ed.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
A Reader's Guide ix
Introduction / Fred Rosen 1
Part I. Empire in the Americas: Historical Reflections
1. U.S. Imperialist/Hegemony and Latin American Resistance / Alan Knight 23
2. "We Are Heirs-apparent to the Romans": Imperial Myths and Indigenous
Status / Gregory Evans Dowd 53
3. The Finances of Hegemony in Latin America: Debt Negotiations and the
Role of the U.S. Government, 1945-2005 / Carlos Marichal 90
Part II. Empire and Resistance in the Twenth-First Century
5. Beyond Hegemony: Zapatismo, Empire, and Dissent / Neil Harvey 117
6. Colonialism and Ethnic Resistance in Bolivia: A View from the Coca
Markets / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui 137
7. High Stakes in Brazil: Can Democracy Take on Empire? / Jeffrey W. Rubin
162
8. From Menem to Kirchner: National Autonomy and Social Movements in
Argentina / Daniel A. Cieza 188
9. The Hugo Chavez Phenomenon: Anti-imperialism from Above or Radical
Democracy from Below? / Steve Ellner 205
Bibliography 229
Contributors 251
Index 253