| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 414 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Gender & American culture |
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Gender & American culture.
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Introduction -- Haiti and the marines -- Paternalism -- Moral breakdown -- Haiti's appeal -- Mapping memory and desire -- Race, revolution, and national identity |
| Summary |
The U.S. invasion of Haiti in July 1915 marked the start of a military occupation that lasted for nineteen years - and fed an American fascination with Haiti that flourished even longer. Exploring the cultural dimensions of U.S. contact with Haiti during the occupation and its aftermath, the author shows that what Americans thought and wrote about Haiti during those years contributed in crucial and unexpected ways to an emerging culture of U.S. imperialism. At the heart of this emerging culture, the author argues, was American paternalism, which saw Haitians as wards of the United States. She explores the ways in which diverse Americans - including activists, intellectuals, artists, missionaries, marines, and politicians - responded to paternalist constructs, shaping new versions of American culture along the way. Her analysis draws on a rich record of U.S. discourses on Haiti, including the writings of policymakers; the diaries, letters, songs, and memoirs of marines stationed in Haiti; and literary works by such writers as Eugene O'Neill, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-390) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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| Subject |
International relations.
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international relations.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Armed Forces
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International relations
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Besetzung
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Besatzungspolitik
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Bezettingen.
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Bezettingsmachten.
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Cultuurcontact.
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Geschichte 1915-1940.
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| SUBJECT |
Haiti -- History -- American occupation, 1915-1934.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058360
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Haiti -- History -- 1934-1986. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058361
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Haiti -- History
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Haiti -- Relations -- United States
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United States -- Relations -- Haiti
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Haiti
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United States
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Haiti
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USA
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États-Unis -- Relations -- Haïti.
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États-Unis -- Forces armées -- Haïti.
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Haïti -- 1934-1986.
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Haïti -- 1915-1934 (Occupation américaine)
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Haïti -- Relations -- États-Unis.
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Etats-Unis -- Relations -- Haïti.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0807862185 |
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9780807862186 |
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9780807826287 |
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0807826286 |
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0807849383 |
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9780807849385 |
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