Woodrow Wilson and Nicaragua
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8901028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin T Harrison (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-36 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caribbean Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-6495 • E-ISSN: 2470-6302 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00086495.2005.11672257 |
| OpenAlex | W42217727 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Much has been written about Woodrow Wilson and Latin America, but little attention has been paid to his policy with Nicaragua. What scholars have ignored is the attitude toward businessmen not only by a deeply religious Wilson but also by a strongly skeptical public in the Progressive Era. After all, progressive reform was largely in response to the economic corruptionand greedy opportunism of the previous Gilded Age. What the Wilson administration did with Nicaragua is much more complicated than simply a case of another politician being a tool of Wall Street's. Wilson inherited a situation in Nicaragua that left little room for change, but alternatives were considered. The irony is that Wilson's dream of promoting democracy and economic fairness never materialized in Nicaragua
Administration (probate law · Democracy · Development economics · Dream · Economic history · Economics · Gilded Age · Irony · Latin Americans · Opportunism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Revelation · Skepticism · Sociology · Theology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |