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Title:
THE REVOLUTIONARY MISSION
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE IN LATIN AMERICA, 1900-1945
By:
Thomas F. O'Brien, Alan Knight
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Publisher:
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date:
13 November, 1999
Series:
Cambridge Latin American Studies No. 81
Pages:
376
Description:
This is the first book to explore the impact of American corporate culture on Latin American societies in the decades before World War II.
Synopsis:
During the twentieth century, American corporations have spread American material productivity and American values such as consumerism and competitiveness around the globe. People in other nations have accepted some aspects of American corporate culture while vehemently rejecting others. The Revolutionary Mission explores this complex process as it unfolded in Latin America in the decades before World War II. Professor O'Brien examines Latin American responses to that culture which conveyed the promises of material betterment and individual freedom while also emphasizing the cult of the individual, unquestioning acceptance of disparities created by unremitting competition, and values legitimized by functionality rather than historical precedent.
Illustrations:
18 b/w illus. 5 maps
Publication:
UK
Imprint:
Cambridge University Press
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