{"product_id":"the-united-states-occupation-of-haiti-1915-1934-9780813522036","title":"The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934","description":"\"A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\"From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country.\" --\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\"The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas.\" --J\u003ci\u003eournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\"Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A valuable addition to Latin American and U.S. historiography.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Schmidt sees American racism, bondholders cultures, the technocratic side of Progressivism, and the National City Bank looting of Haiti as the factors motivating Wilson's 1915 invasion....As a detailed case study in an exceptional manifestation of U. S. imperial control the book will attract a readership beyond students of Caribbean history.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"An important and well-documented account....an interesting case study in twentieth-century imperialism. Schmidt sees the occupation of Haiti as part of a general tendency in American foreign policy...Schmidt analyses in detail the mechanics of the invasion, and discusses the actions, attitudes, and policies of the U.S. administration....A model of academic elegance.\" \u003ci\u003e--Caribbean Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"All the more convincing because the author has used previously inaccessible archive materials.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans Schmidt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.99w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813522036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHans Schmidt taught form many years at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He now teaches at the University of Hong Kong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40414633492595,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":61.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e89f2cf-775c-4f33-9a61-58c7a54e3558.jpg?v=1662212823","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-united-states-occupation-of-haiti-1915-1934-9780813522036","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}