Whose America? : the war of 1898 and the battles to define the nation
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Whose America? : the war of 1898 and the battles to define the nation
Praeger, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In the midst of the culture wars raging in the United States, this book recovers a part of U.S. history that some wish to forget--the war of 1898. With the war, U.S. policymakers terminated more than four centuries of Spanish colonial rule in the region and launched a paradigm for U.S.-Latin American relations that dominated the 20th century. The war inaugurated an era of profound change not only in U.S. policy toward Latin America, but also in regional cultures and identities within the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
Virginia M. Bouvier underscores the importance of the war in defining American identities. Contributors discuss such items as Spanish perspectives on the U.S. role in the conflict, the multiple and conflicted identities of the Cuban emigre community, and the capacity of gender discourse to explain Congressional actions. A final bibliographic essay reviews recent scholarship on the war. Scholars, students, and researchers involved with American and Latin American history will find this collection particularly valuable.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Whose America? The War of 1898 and the Battles to Define the Nation by Virginia M. Bouvier Historical Underpinnings of Foreign Intervention Two Americas by Lester Langley The War of 1898 U.S. Intervention and Monroeism: Spanish Perspectives on the American Role in the Colonial Crisis of 1895-98 by Sylvia Hilton Contradictory Identities, Conflicted Nations: Cuban EmigREs in the United States and the Last War for Independence (1895-1898) by Lillian Guerra Imaging a Nation: U.S. Political Cartoons and the War of 1898 by Virginia M. Bouvier "Honor Comes First:" The Imperatives of Manhood in the Congressional Debate over War by Kristin Hoganson Legacies of 1898 Legacies of Intervention: The Case of Cuba by Louis A. Perez, Jr. Intervention of Possession? Puerto Rico, The War of 1898, and the American Colonial Periphery by Francisco A. Scarano The Anti-Imperialist Movement, 1898-1921 by Jim Zwick Conclusions by Virginia M. Bouvier Bibliographical Essay Index
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