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This Comprehensive Account Of U.s.-bolivian Relations Presents Startling Contrasts Between The Histories, Mythologies, And Economies Of The Two Countries, Debunking The Pop-culture Myth That Bolivia Is A Poorer And Less Modern Version Of The United States. Kenneth D. Lehman Focuses Primarily On The Countries' Relationship During The Twentieth Century, Highlighting Periods When Bolivia Became Important To The United States As A Provider Of Tin During World War Ii, As A Potential Source Of Regional Instability During The Cold War, And As A Supplier Of Cocaine To The U.s. Market In Recent Years. Bolivia And The United States Presents An Illuminating Discussion Of The Real As Well As Mythical Bonds That Link These Most Distant And Different Neighbors, Simultaneously Providing An Abundance Of Evidence To Show How Factors Of Culture And Power Complicate And Limit True Partnership.--jacket. Most Different Of Neighbors -- Most Distant Of Neighbors -- Center, Periphery, And The Tin Nexus -- Bolivian Dilemma And A Pragmatic Experiment -- The Limits Of Pragmatism And The Disintegration Of A Special Partnership -- The National Security State And The Limits Of Hegemony -- Frontier Myths, Cocain

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Author

Kenneth Duane Lehman

Publisher

The University of Georgia Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820321165

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, History, American Studies