{"product_id":"the-united-states-occupation-of-haiti-1915-1934-9780813522036","title":"The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934","description":"\"A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little for economic development.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\"From Schmidt we get the full details . . . of the brutal racist practices inflicted on the Haitians for nearly all of the nineteen-year American presence in the country.\" --\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\"The only thoroughgoing study of one of the more discreditable American interventions overseas.\" --J\u003ci\u003eournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\"Should become the standard work on the subject. . . .required reading for specialists in Caribbean studies and U.S.-Latin American relations.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A valuable addition to Latin American and U.S. historiography.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Schmidt sees American racism, bondholders cultures, the technocratic side of Progressivism, and the National City Bank looting of Haiti as the factors motivating Wilson's 1915 invasion....As a detailed case study in an exceptional manifestation of U. S. imperial control the book will attract a readership beyond students of Caribbean history.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"An important and well-documented account....an interesting case study in twentieth-century imperialism. Schmidt sees the occupation of Haiti as part of a general tendency in American foreign policy...Schmidt analyses in detail the mechanics of the invasion, and discusses the actions, attitudes, and policies of the U.S. administration....A model of academic elegance.\" \u003ci\u003e--Caribbean Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"All the more convincing because the author has used previously inaccessible archive materials.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHANS SCHMIDT taught for many years at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He now teaches at the University of Hong Kong.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413276659986,"sku":"9780813522036","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69fe5f03-ac13-44cb-84e1-d272a4c049ef.jpg?v=1729351909","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-united-states-occupation-of-haiti-1915-1934-9780813522036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}