Americans in the treasure house : travel to Porfirian Mexico and the cultural politics of empire /
"This book examines travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato (the long dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz 1876-1911), focusing especially on the role of travelers in shaping ideas of Mexico as a logical place for Americans to extend their economic and cultural influence in the hemisphere. Overland tra...
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| বিন্যাস: | বৈদ্যুতিক বৈদ্যুতিন গ্রন্থ |
| ভাষা: | ইংরেজি |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2014]
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সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Usage
- Introduction: Keep Close to a Kicking Horse
- Desire among the Ruins: Constructing Mexico in American Travel Discourse
- The Greatest and Wisest Despot of Modern Times : Porfirio Diaz, American Travelers, and the Politics of Logical Paternalism
- American Travel Writing and the Problem of Indian Difference
- The Most Promising Element in Mexican Society : Idealized Mestizaje and the Eradication of Indian Difference
- Reversals of Fortune: Revolutionary Veracruz and Porfirian Nostalgia
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.