In "The Unpredictability of the Past," an international group of historians examines how collective memories of the Asia-Pacific War continue to affect relations among China, Japan, and the United States. The contributors are primarily concerned with the history of international relations broadly conceived to encompass not only governments but also nongovernmental groups and organizations that influence the interactions of peoples across the Pacific. Taken together, the essays provide a rich, multifaceted analysis of how the dynamic interplay between past and present is manifest in...
In "The Unpredictability of the Past," an international group of historians examines how collective memories of the Asia-Pacific War continue to affec...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, which inspired passion and sacrifice, and shaped the road to world war? While many historians have portrayed the Spanish Civil War as one of Roosevelt s most isolationist episodes, Dominic Tierney argues that it marked the president s first attempt to challenge fascist aggression in Europe. Drawing on newly discovered archival documents, Tierney describes the evolution of Roosevelt s thinking about the Spanish Civil War in relation to America s...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, whi...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, which inspired passion and sacrifice, and shaped the road to world war? While many historians have portrayed the Spanish Civil War as one of Roosevelt s most isolationist episodes, Dominic Tierney argues that it marked the president s first attempt to challenge fascist aggression in Europe. Drawing on newly discovered archival documents, Tierney describes the evolution of Roosevelt s thinking about the Spanish Civil War in relation to America s...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, whi...
Over the last decade, studies of the Cold War have mushroomed globally. Unfortunately, work on Latin America has not been well represented in either theoretical or empirical discussions of the broader conflict. With some notable exceptions, studies have proceeded in rather conventional channels, focusing on U.S. policy objectives and high-profile leaders (Fidel Castro) and events (the Cuban Missile Crisis) and drawing largely on U.S. government sources. Moreover, only rarely have U.S. foreign relations scholars engaged productively with Latin American historians who analyze how the...
Over the last decade, studies of the Cold War have mushroomed globally. Unfortunately, work on Latin America has not been well represented in either t...
Over the last decade, studies of the Cold War have mushroomed globally. Unfortunately, work on Latin America has not been well represented in either theoretical or empirical discussions of the broader conflict. With some notable exceptions, studies have proceeded in rather conventional channels, focusing on U.S. policy objectives and high-profile leaders (Fidel Castro) and events (the Cuban Missile Crisis) and drawing largely on U.S. government sources. Moreover, only rarely have U.S. foreign relations scholars engaged productively with Latin American historians who analyze how the...
Over the last decade, studies of the Cold War have mushroomed globally. Unfortunately, work on Latin America has not been well represented in either t...
Since the early nineteenth century, the United States has repeatedly intervened in the affairs of Latin American nations to pursue its own interests and to "protect" those countries from other imperial powers or from internal "threats." The resentment and opposition generated by the encroachment of U.S. power has been evident in the recurrent attempts of Latin American nations to pull away from U.S. dominance and in the frequent appearance of popular discontent and unrest directed against imperialist U.S. policies. In "Empire and Dissent," senior Latin Americanists explore the interplay...
Since the early nineteenth century, the United States has repeatedly intervened in the affairs of Latin American nations to pursue its own interests a...
In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of U.S. property owners as part of President Lazaro Cardenas s land redistribution program. Because no compensation was provided to the Americans a serious crisis, which John J. Dwyer terms the agrarian dispute, ensued between the two countries. Dwyer s nuanced analysis of this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. He argues that the agrarian dispute inaugurated a new and improved era in bilateral relations...
In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of U.S. property owners as part of President Lazaro Carde...
In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of U.S. property owners as part of President Lazaro Cardenas s land redistribution program. Because no compensation was provided to the Americans a serious crisis, which John J. Dwyer terms the agrarian dispute, ensued between the two countries. Dwyer s nuanced analysis of this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. He argues that the agrarian dispute inaugurated a new and improved era in bilateral relations...
In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of U.S. property owners as part of President Lazaro Carde...
A milestone in U.S. historiography, "Haunted by Empire" brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to question the analytic conventions of postcolonial studies. The contributors to this innovative collection examine the critical role of domains of the intimate in the consolidation of colonial power. They demonstrate how the categories of difference underlying colonialism the distinctions advanced as the justification for the colonizer s rule of the colonized were enacted and reinforced in intimate realms from the bedroom to the classroom to the...
A milestone in U.S. historiography, "Haunted by Empire" brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to q...
From the Revolution to the Maquiladoras is a major contribution to the study of globalization, labor, and women s movements. Jennifer Bickham Mendez presents a detailed ethnographic account of the Nicaraguan Working and Unemployed Women s Movement, Maria Elena Cuadra (mec), which emerged as an autonomous organization in 1994. Most of its efforts revolve around organizing women workers in Nicaragua s free trade zones and working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories. Mendez examines the structural and cultural elements of mec in order to demonstrate how globalization...
From the Revolution to the Maquiladoras is a major contribution to the study of globalization, labor, and women s movements. Jennifer Bickham M...
