America/Américas : myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America / Eldon Kenworthy.
America/Américas : myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America / Eldon Kenworthy.
America/Américas : myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America / Eldon Kenworthy.
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University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995.
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N327.7308/21
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English
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xvi, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Monroe's "Positive" Legacy -- 2. The America/Americas Myth -- 3. From Myth to Advertising -- 4. Romance and the Hardball Player -- 5. Mounting the Campaign -- 6. The Campaign as an Ad Drawing on the Myth -- 7. A Different Discourse -- 8. Beyond the America/Americas Myth -- Appendix: The Reagan Sp...
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University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995.
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Pennsylvania
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
"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...
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America/Américas : myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America / Eldon Kenworthy.
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Myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180) and index.
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c1995.
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N327.7308/21
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0271014156 (paper : alk. paper)
9780271014142 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271014148 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271014159 (paper : alk. paper)
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327.7308
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991002386209702626
