Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0195129946 ISBN13: 9780195129946 Release Date: March 2000 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Length: 384 Pages Weight: 1.10 lbs. Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 6.1" Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History brings together the most important documents on the history of the relationship between the United States and Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present. In addition to the standard diplomatic sources, the book includes documents touching on the transnational concerns that are increasingly taught in the classroom, including economic relations, environmental matters, immigration, human rights, and culture. Among the less frequently cited works reproduced here are Domingo Sarmiento's nineteenth-century reflection on life in the United States, the Andrews Sisters' 1944 hit song, "Ru and Coca Cola," Jack Kerouac's beatnik observations on Mexico, the U.S. Senate's investigation of CIA assassina