Cables, Crises, and the Press: The Geopolitics of the New Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903

Contents

Contents ackNowledGmeNTs vii iNTroducTioN Main Themes and Organization of the Book xi chapTer oNe Introduction to the New International Information System 1 chapTer Two Building the International Cable System 29 chapTer Three Raising False Hopes: International Communications and International Crises in Latin America, 1866–1881 51 chapTer four War, Diplomacy, and Propaganda: Chilean-U.S. Relations, 1866–1880s 67 chapTer five European Intrusions, Domestic Disorder, and U.S. Armed Intervention: Central America in the 1880s 85 chapTer six Confrontation via the Information System: Chile and the United States, 1889–1892 109 chapTer seveN Popularization of the Imperial Mentality: From Border Crisis to Hemispheric Hegemony 133 chapTer eiGhT Propaganda, Public Uproar, and the Threat of War: The United States, Great Britain, and the Venezuelan Boundary Controversy 153 vi chapTer NiNe Information Flow and Revolution: Cuba, Spain, and the United States 173 chapTer TeN Diplomacy Under Stress: Washington, Havana, and Madrid 199 chapTer eleveN Information Flow, the U.S. Press, and the War with Spain 229 chapTer Twelve The Panama Conspiracy 257 chapTer ThirTeeN Celebrations of Heroism and Power 281 coNclusioN The Ominous Triumph of Popular Culture 315 NoTes 337 BiBlioGraphy 413 iNdex 449 ...