United States-Latin American Relations, 1800-1850
The Formative Generations

T. Ray Shurbutt (Edited by)

9780817352738, The University of Alabama Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 January 2005

320 pages, 23 illustrations
22.9 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.534 kg

This collection surveys U.S. relations with Central America, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile during the first half of the 19th century, [and] the detailed country-by-country analysis serves well to demonstrate patterns in early U.S. diplomacy. - Choice ""This collection reveals the role of personalities in U.S. - Latin American relations (most often U.S. diplomats, but also Latin American politicians and diplomats), the recurring issue of trade and trade treaties, the inescapable role of European nations in early 19th-century Latin America, [and] the repeated reference to ideology; the essays convey bilateral narratives."" - Americas