TY - JOUR AU - Kryzanek, Michael J. AB - 584 Reviews of Books construct their own type of anarchism by taking from so influenced political development and guided eco- the Spanish movements only those principles, organi- nomie destiny that national sovereignty was compro- zational models, and strategies that could be success- mised. The Dominican Republic is one of those coun- tries. From its near annexation during the Grant fully applied within colonial Cuba. Members of the popular classes became attracted to anarchism because administration to the various administrative and mili- it afforded them more options to improve their work- tary interventions initiated by Theodore Roosevelt, ing conditions and wages than reformist populism. Woodrow Wilson, and Lyndon B. Johnson to the Cuban anarchism increased the number of success- substantial trade, aid, and investment ties that have redefined the modern economy, the involvement of the ful strikes and collective-bargaining agreements in many urban trades and industries. It also prompted United States in Dominican national life has been colonial officials during the first half of the 1890s to substantial and crucial. stifle the movement at a time when the economy Because the imprint of the United States is clearly suffered from both Spanish and North American com- visible in the Dominican TI - G. Pope Atkins and Larman C. Wilson. The Dominican Republic and the United States: From Imperialism to Transnationalism. (The United States and the Americas.) Athens: University of Georgia Press. 1998. Pp. xiv, 293. Cloth $50.00, paper $20.00 JO - The American Historical Review DO - 10.1086/ahr/105.2.584 DA - 2000-04-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/g-pope-atkins-and-larman-c-wilson-the-dominican-republic-and-the-fypcsv0YKh SP - 584 EP - 585 VL - 105 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -