The borders of culture : public diplomacy in United States-Mexico relations, 1920-1945
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- "The Borders of Culture" is a comprehensive study of U.S. government-sponsored transnational cultural programs to focus on the U.S. and Latin America. After the end of the military phase of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, the Department of State established a variety of initiatives--celebrity tours, libraries, cultural centers, film, and radio campaigns--to give Mexican citizens first-hand knowledge of the U.S. These projects aimed to promote the U.S.'s vision of modernization for the Americas and to temper the perceived radicalism and violence of the revolution. As U.S. fears of extremism increased during the 1920s and 1930s, transnational cultural and educational programs became well-funded and permanent tools of U.S. statecraft. These new institutions and campaigns formed a crucial part of the Good Neighbor Policy, allowing the U.S. to influence the development of the Mexican state without resorting to military intervention. Cultural and educational programs became the main vector of power through which the U.S. attempted to transform Mexico into a better neighbor by shaping the information available to Mexican citizens, influencing educational reforms, and encouraging Mexicans to reproduce a U.S. middle-class lifestyle.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Prieto, Julie Irene |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of History. |
| Primary advisor | Bernstein, Barton J |
| Primary advisor | Frank, Zephyr L, 1970- |
| Thesis advisor | Bernstein, Barton J |
| Thesis advisor | Frank, Zephyr L, 1970- |
| Thesis advisor | Kennedy, David |
| Advisor | Kennedy, David |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Julie Irene Prieto. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of History. |
| Thesis | Ph.D. Stanford University 2013 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2013 by Julie Irene Prieto
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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