{"product_id":"confronting-the-american-dream-9780822336341","title":"Confronting the American Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Extraordinarily engaging, \u003ci\u003eConfronting the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is far and away the best work ever written on the convoluted path of elite\/Conservative disenchantment with the U. S. imperial project in Nicaragua. Its relevance to broader historical and contemporary phenomena throughout Latin America and well beyond is really quite remarkable.”— Lowell Gudmundson, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eCentral America, 1821–1871: Liberalism before Liberal Reform\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a beautifully argued and researched book—one of the most important and revealing case studies we have in U.S.–Latin American relations. But it goes far beyond that. Without ever significantly moving past the 1930s, Michel Gobat has provided an indictment of the early-twenty-first-century embrace of ‘American empire’ and, in a model of scholarship, provided stunning insights into the ironies—and tragedies—of the misuse of U.S. power.”—Walter LaFeber, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerica, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945–2002\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations ix\u003cbr\u003e Tables x\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Manifest Destinies, 1849–1910 19\u003cbr\u003e 1. Americanization through Violence: Nicaragua under Walker 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Americanization from Within: Forging a Cosmopolitan Nationality 42\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Restoration, 1910–1912 73\u003cbr\u003e 3. Challenging Imperial Exclusions: Nicaragua under the Dawson Pact 75\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bourgeois Revolution Denied: U.S. Military Intervention in the Civil War of 1912 100\u003cbr\u003e Part III: Dollar Diplomacy, 1912–1927 123\u003cbr\u003e 5. Economic Nationalism: Resisting Wall Street’s “Feudal” Regime 125\u003cbr\u003e 6. Anxious Landlords, Resilient Peasants: Dollar Diplomacy’s Socioeconomic Impact 150\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cultural Anit-Americanism: The Caballeros Catolicos’ Crusade against U.S. Missionaries, the “Modern Woman,” and the “Bourgeois Spirit” 175\u003cbr\u003e Part IV: Revolution, 1927–1933 203\u003cbr\u003e 8. Militarization via Democratization: The U.S. Attack on Caudillismo and the Rise of Authoritarian Corporatism 205\u003cbr\u003e 9. Revolutionary Nationalism: Elite Conservatives, Sandino, and the Struggle for a De-Americanized Nicaragua 232\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Imperial Legacies: Dictatorship and Revolution 267\u003cbr\u003e Notes 281\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography 325\u003cbr\u003e Index 351","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406039556439,"sku":"9780822336341","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822336341.jpg?v=1730494334","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/confronting-the-american-dream-9780822336341","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}