The Revolutionary Mission: American Enterprise in Latin America, 1900-1945

ISBN-13: 9780521663441 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 376 str.

Thomas F. O'Brien; Alan Knight

Opis

During the twentieth century, American corporations have spread American material productivity and American values such as consumerism and competitiveness around the globe. People in other nations have accepted some aspects of American corporate culture while vehemently rejecting others. The Revolutionary Mission is the first book to explore the impact of American corporate culture on Latin American societies and to examine its influence on the populist nationalist movements of the 1930s.

Recenzje

'This is a superb analysis of how American corporations worked as remarkable transforming agents on their host cultures. It can be read with immense profit by historians of all stripes.' Lawrence A. Clayton, Journal of American History

Spis treści

Part I. Merchant Republic to Corporate Empire: 1. Merchant republic to corporate empire; Part II. Marines and Cultural Revolution in Central America: 2. Liberal revolution and corporate culture; 3. Nicaragua; 4. Honduras; Part III. Peru: 5. The alliance for modernization; 6. Resistance communities; Part IV. Chile: 7. Salitreras and socialism; Part V. Sugar and Power in Cuba: 8. Sugar and power; 9. Revolution and reaction; Part VI. Patriotism and Capitalism: 10. The Americanization of the Mexican; 11. Nationalism and capitalism.