Negotiating Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Twentieth-Century Latin America 0807898635, 9780807898635

Accounts of U.S. empire building in Latin America typically portray politically and economically powerful North American

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Negotiating Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Twentieth-Century Latin America
0807898635, 9780807898635

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