The revolutionary mission : American enterprise in Latin America, 1900-1945
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The revolutionary mission : American enterprise in Latin America, 1900-1945
（Cambridge Latin American studies, 81）
Cambridge University Press, 1999, c1996
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"First paperback edition 1999"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 331-346
Includes index
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Description
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 explores this complex process as it unfolded in Latin America in the decades before World War II. Professor O'Brien examines Latin American responses to that culture which conveyed the promises of material betterment and individual freedom while also emphasizing the cult of the individual, unquestioning acceptance of disparities created by unremitting competition, and values legitimized by functionality rather than historical precedent.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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