Cooperation and Hegemony in US-Latin American Relations [electronic resource] : Revisiting the Western Hemisphere Idea /
Tillman, Andrew R.author.
Scarfi, J.editor.
This edited volume revisits the idea of the Western Hemisphere. First articulated by Arthur P. Whitaker in 1954 but with origins in the earlier work of Herbert E. Bolton, it is the idea that "the peoples of this Hemisphere stand in a special relationship to one another which sets them apart from the rest of the word" (Whitaker, 1954). For most scholars of US-Latin American relations, this is a curious concept. They often conceptualize US-Latin American relations through the prism of realism and interventionism. While this volume does not deny that the United States has often acted as an imperial power in Latin America, it is unique in that it challenges scholars to re-think their preconceived notions of inter-American relations and explores the possibility of a common international society for the Americas, especially in the realm of international relations. Unlike most volumes on US-Latin American relations, the book develops its argument in an interdisciplinary manner, bringing together different approaches from disciplines including international relations, global and diplomatic history, human rights studies, and cultural and intellectual history.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This edited volume revisits the idea of the Western Hemisphere. First articulated by Arthur P. Whitaker in 1954 but with origins in the earlier work of Herbert E. Bolton, it is the idea that "the peoples of this Hemisphere stand in a special relationship to one another which sets them apart from the rest of the word" (Whitaker, 1954). For most scholars of US-Latin American relations, this is a curious concept. They often conceptualize US-Latin American relations through the prism of realism and interventionism. While this volume does not deny that the United States has often acted as an imperial power in Latin America, it is unique in that it challenges scholars to re-think their preconceived notions of inter-American relations and explores the possibility of a common international society for the Americas, especially in the realm of international relations. Unlike most volumes on US-Latin American relations, the book develops its argument in an interdisciplinary manner, bringing together different approaches from disciplines including international relations, global and diplomatic history, human rights studies, and cultural and intellectual history.
Cooperation and Hegemony in U.S.-Latin American Relations : An Introduction / Juan Pablo Scarfi and Andrew Tillman -- Another American Social Science : International Relations in the Western Hemisphere / Charles Jones -- Commonality, Specificity and Difference : Histories and Historiography of The Americas / Tanya Harmer -- The 'Vanguard of Pan-Americanism' : Chile and Inter-American Multilateralism in the Early 20th Century / Mark Jeffrey Petersen -- Hemisphere, Region and Nation: Spatial Conceptions in U.S. Hispanic American History / Ricardo D. Salvatore -- Pan-American Legal Designs : The Rise and Decline of American International Law in the Western Hemisphere, 1911-1933 / Juan Pablo Scarfi -- The Inter-American Human Rights System and U.S.-Latin American Relations / Par Engstrom.
International relations.
America—History.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Europe—Politics and government.
World history.
Diplomacy.
International Relations.
History of the Americas.
Latin American Culture.
European Politics.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Diplomacy.