Selling Latin America

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Identifikator:: 101030657X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-41609

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Aughinbaugh, William E.

Title:: Selling Latin America

Place of publication:: Boston

Publisher:: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers

Year of publication:: 1915

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 408 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: XV. Santo Domingo

Collection:: Economics Books

SANTO DOMINGO 177 half of the island, and in 1795 obtained by treaty the remaining portion. In 1809 Spain and France were at war, and Spanish rule was again established on the is land. The Spanish-speaking section of this territory declared its independence of Spain in 1821 and in 1822 the Haitians acquired con trol of the entire island, governing it until 1844, when as the result of a rebellion in 1846 Santo Domingo became independent, remain ing so until 1861 when again fearing conquest she petitioned Spain to direct her destinies. Following a revolution in 1863, Spanish rule terminated in 1863, the country since being known as the Dominican Republic. Upris ings and revolutions followed each other and foreign debts accumulated to such an extent that European invasion was threatened. In 1907 the United States undertook to admin ister the affairs of the government through American officials, cancelling each year from the revenues of the country a portion of its foreign debt, using another portion for inter nal national improvements.

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