Dollar diplomacy by force : nation-building and resistance in the Dominican Republic

Dollar diplomacy by force : nation-building and resistance in the Dominican Republic / Ellen D. Tillman.

Author/creator	Tillman, Ellen D. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Description	pages cm
Subject(s)	Military occupation--Social aspects --Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic--History --American occupation, 1916-1924. Dominican Republic--Politics and government --1844-1930. Dominican Republic--Foreign relations --United States. United States--Foreign relations --Dominican Republic.

Contents	Markets, militaries, and modernization: U.S.-Dominican relations to 1899 -- Military diplomats and dollar diplomacy: from customs receivership to civil war -- Involvement to invasion: military control and the defense of local sovereignty -- A promiscuous heaping of adventurers: the constabulary experiment of 1916-1918 -- Regional negotiation and resistance: the "moralizing" versus the expedient -- Opposing networks for change: consolidating reform and resistance after 1920 -- Products of compromise: legitimating state and military -- Conclusion.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2015031898
ISBN	9781469626956 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN	1469626950 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F1938.45 .T55 2016	✔ Available	Place Hold