The Pan-American dream
Subtitle: do Latin America's cultural values discourage true partnership with the United States and Canada?
By: Lawrence E. Harrison.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Pan-Americanism; Values -- America; Free trade -- America; Latin America -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Latin America; Latin America -- Relations -- Canada; Canada -- Relations -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-300) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : dream or reality?; title: The roots of the divergence : Anglo-Protestant versus Ibero-Catholic culture; title: Canada and the United States : siblings, not twins; title: Latin America and the United States : can two so divergent paths merge?; title: The destructive role of American intellectuals (and the savaging of the United Fruit Company); title: Argentina : first world to third world?; title: and back?; title: Brazil : is the future now?; title: The Chilean miracle : policies, culture, or both?; title: Mexico : the failure of a revolution, the end of a dynasty; title: Trade and investment : from "imperialism" to integration?; title: Narcotics : a grotesque distorting mirror of both cultures; title: Immigration : the Latinization of the United States?; title: Conclusion : democracy and the free market are not enough.