America's forgotten colony : Cuba's Isle of Pines by Neagle, Michael, author instant download

America's forgotten colony : Cuba's Isle of Pines by Neagle, Michael, author instant download

xv, 306 pages : 23 cm, \"America's Forgotten Colony examines private US citizens' experiences on Cuba's Isle of Pines to show how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba (1902-58). This transnational study challenges the notion that US territorial ambitions waned after the nineteenth century. Many Americans, anxious about a 'closed' frontier in an industrialized, urbanized United States, migrated to the Isle and pushed for agrarian-oriented landed expansion well into the twentieth century. Their efforts were stymied by Cuban resistance and reluctant US policymakers. After decades of tension, however, a new generation of Americans collaborated with locals in commercial and institutional endeavors. Although they did not wield the same influence, Americans nevertheless maintained a significant footprint. The story of this cooperation upsets prevailing conceptions of US domination and perpetual conflict, revealing that US-Cuban relations at the grassroots were not nearly as adversarial as on the diplomatic level at the dawn of the Cuban Revolution\"--, Includes bibliographical references and index, Part One The Hay-Quesada Era -- 1. Promoting a new frontier -- 2. Going south -- 3. Squeezing a profit -- 4. Creating community -- 5. The sword of Damocles -- Part Two Becoming Good Neighbors -- 6. A time of struggle -- 7. \"A happy society\" -- 8. Revolution and the last exodus