David McLean (King's College, University of London, UK.)
It became an established practice in the 19th century for the European colonial powers - in particular, Britain and France - to exercise hegemony over large areas of the world by attempting to secure the election of governments that would favour their interests. Latin America was one such region which the colonial powers treated as their ""informal empire."" There has been much debate about the effectiveness of informal empire and it has generally been argued that the colonial powers found it more profitable to exercise control in this indirect manner than to administer territories...
It became an established practice in the 19th century for the European colonial powers - in particular, Britain and France - to exercise hegemony ...
David McLean (King's College, University of London, UK.)
It became an established practice in the 19th century for the European colonial powers - in particular, Britain and France - to exercise hegemony over large areas of the world by attempting to secure the election of governments that would favour their interests. Latin America was one such region which the colonial powers treated as their "informal empire". There has been much debate about the effectiveness of informal empire and it has generally been argued that the colonial powers found it more profitable to exercise control in this indirect manner than to administer territories directly....
It became an established practice in the 19th century for the European colonial powers - in particular, Britain and France - to exercise hegemony over...