The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934"A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development." --The New York Times "From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country." --American Historical Review"The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas." --Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations." --Choice "A valuable addition to Latin American and U.S. historiography." --Library Journal "Schmidt sees American racism, bondholders cultures, the technocratic side of Progressivism, and the National City Bank looting of Haiti as the factors motivating Wilson's 1915 invasion....As a detailed case study in an exceptional manifestation of U. S. imperial control the book will attract a readership beyond students of Caribbean history." --Kirkus "An important and well-documented account....an interesting case study in twentieth-century imperialism. Schmidt sees the occupation of Haiti as part of a general tendency in American foreign policy...Schmidt analyses in detail the mechanics of the invasion, and discusses the actions, attitudes, and policies of the U.S. administration....A model of academic elegance." --Caribbean Studies "All the more convincing because the author has used previously inaccessible archive materials." --Journal of American History |
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Contents
| 3 | |
Haiti before the Intervention | 19 |
The Decision to Intervene | 42 |
The Intervention | 64 |
The Marines Take Charge | 82 |
Reorganization and Rationalization | 108 |
Racial and Cultural Tensions | 135 |
UpliftThe Prospects | 154 |
UpliftSuccess and Failure | 174 |
Strikes and Riots | 189 |
Withdrawal | 207 |
Epilogue | 231 |
Notes | 239 |
| 285 | |
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| Title | The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Author | Hans Schmidt |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 081352203X, 9780813522036 |
| Length | 303 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Caribbean & West Indies / General History / United States / 20th Century Political Science / Imperialism |
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