Latin America and the United States : a documentary history

Holden, Robert H. (Added Author). Zolov, Eric. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 0195129938 (cloth : acid-free paper))
ISBN: 0195129946 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 363 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. 1811: No Transfer Doctrine / The Congress of the United States -- 2. 1823: Cuba: "An Apple Severed by the Tempest From Its Native Tree." / John Quincy Adams -- 3. 1823: The Monroe Doctrine / James Monroe -- 4. 1824: The Congress of Panama / Simon Bolivar -- 5. 1829: The United States: "Destined to Plague America with Torments" / Simon Bolivar -- 6. 1845: U.S. Participation in the Brazilian Slave Trade / Henry A. Wise -- 7. 1845: Texas, Mexico and Manifest Destiny / James K. Polk -- 8. 1846: President Polk's War Message to Congress / James K. Polk -- 9. 1846: Bidlack Treaty / Governments of New Granada and the United States -- 10. 1847: The United States: "An Inconceivable Extravaganza" / Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -- 11. 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo / The Governments of Mexico and the United States -- 12. 1850: The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty / The Governments of the United States and Great Britain -- 13. 1854: The Ostend Manifesto / James Buchanan, J. Y. Mason and Pierre Soule -- 14. 1860: Filibuster / William Walker -- 15. 1866: Mexico Seeks Support Against a Foreign Aggressor / Matias Romero -- 16. 1871: Santo Domingo Seeks Annexation by the United States / Hamilton Fish -- 17. 1888: A U.S. Official Interprets Latin America / William Eleroy Curtis -- 18. 1889: The First Inter-American Conference / James G. Blaine --