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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Autor principal: Ruiz, Jason
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2014]
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  • 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.