The Pan-american Dream: Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership With The United States And Canada? Paperback - 1998
by Lawrence E. Harrison
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In the five centuries since Columbus stumbled upon the New World in his quest for a western sea route to Asia, the colonies and subsequent countries of the Western Hemisphere have followed very different paths that have led to striking contrasts in their circumstances at the end of the twentieth century.
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Why are the United States and Canada so much more prosperous, so much more democratic than Latin America? Why has it taken so long for Latin America to conclude that democratic capitalism and good relations with the United States are in its best interest? And what might be done to enhance the prospects for a dynamic community in the Western Hemisphere? These are questions Lawrence E. Harrison addresses in The Pan-American Dream. Central to the contrasts between Latin America and the United States and Canada are the fundamental differences between the Ibero-Catholic and Anglo-Protestant cultures, reflected in contrasting views of work, education, merit, community, ethics, and authority, among others. But, as he stresses, cultural values and attitudes change, and Pan-Americanism can be more than a dream. A Pan-American community depends on shared values and institutions, as the community now embracing the United States and Canada demonstrates. Experiments with democracy and the free market in Latin America will help strengthen the values that lie behind the success of the United States and Canada, Western Europe, and East Asia. But if Latin America's political and intellectual leaders do not confront the traditional values and attitudes largely responsible for the region's underdevelopment - with sweeping reforms in education and child-rearing practices, for example - realization of the Pan-American dream will be painfully slow and uncertain.
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- Title The Pan-american Dream: Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership With The United States And Canada?
- Author Lawrence E. Harrison
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition Unstated
- Pages 323
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, Boulder, Colorado
- Date 1998-02-06
- ISBN 9780813334707 / 0813334705
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.19 x 6.13 x 0.83 in (23.34 x 15.57 x 2.11 cm)
- Reading level 1510
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.482
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