The Revolutionary Mission: American Enterprise in Latin America, 1900–1945

by Thomas F. O'Brien

• ISBN13: 9780521550154
• ISBN10: 0521550157
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-03-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

During the twentieth century, American corporations have spread American material productivity and American values such as consumerism and competitiveness around the globe. People in other nations have accepted some aspects of American corporate culture while vehemently rejecting others. The Revolutionary Mission is the first book to explore the impact of American corporate culture on Latin American societies and to examine its influence on the populist nationalist movements of the 1930s.

Author Biography

Thomas F. O'Brien is Professor of History at the University of Houston

Table of Contents

Part I. Merchant Republic to Corporate Empire: 1. Merchant republic to corporate empire

Part II. Marines and Cultural Revolution in Central America: 2. Liberal revolution and corporate culture

3. Nicaragua

4. Honduras

Part III. Peru: 5. The alliance for modernization

6. Resistance communities

Part IV. Chile: 7. Salitreras and socialism

Part V. Sugar and Power in Cuba: 8. Sugar and power

9. Revolution and reaction

Part VI. Patriotism and Capitalism: 10. The Americanization of the Mexican

11. Nationalism and capitalism.