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America's Forgotten Colony
America's Forgotten Colony: Cuba's Isle of Pines | Michael E. Neagle
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America's Forgotten Colony examines private US citizens' experiences on Cuba's Isle of Pines to show how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba (1902–58). This transnational study challenges the notion that US territorial ambitions waned after the nineteenth century. Many Americans, anxious about a 'closed' frontier in an industrialized, urbanized United States, migrated to the Isle and pushed for agrarian-oriented landed expansion well into the twentieth century. Their efforts were stymied by Cuban resistance and reluctant US policymakers. After decades of tension, however, a new generation of Americans collaborated with locals in commercial and institutional endeavors. Although they did not wield the same influence, Americans nevertheless maintained a significant footprint. The story of this cooperation upsets prevailing conceptions of US domination and perpetual conflict, revealing that US-Cuban relations at the grassroots were not nearly as adversarial as on the diplomatic level at the dawn of the Cuban Revolution.
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Pandareads37 So lucky. I wanted to take that cruise since alot of friends and the brand ambassador was on it this last week 7y
Debiw781 @Pandareads37 We sort of stumbled onto it lol. I had no idea till we were about to set sail just how big this cruise was for Carnival. 7y
Pandareads37 Nice. How was it 7y
Debiw781 @Pandareads37 You could tell it was the first cruise there but overall we enjoyed it. I want to go back once they work out some of the issues 7y
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