| Cuba Under the Platt Amendment, 1902-1934 Contributor(s): Pérez, Louis A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 082295446X ISBN-13: 9780822954460 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba |
| Dewey: 972.910 |
| LCCN: 85026451 |
| Series: Pitt Latin American |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6" W x 9" (1.39 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: - Choice 1987 Outstanding Academic Book This book examines the early years of the Cuban Republic, launched in 1902 after the war with Spain. Although no longer a colony, the country was still hobbled by continuing dependence on and exploitation from a foreign power. Pérez shows how U.S. armed intervention in Cuba in 1898 and subsequent military occupation revitalized elements of the colonial system that would serve imperialist interests during independence. The concessions of the Platt Amendment in 1903 became the principal instrument for U.S. expansion in Cuba. The U.S. then gained control over resources and markets. |