Americans in the Treasure House : : Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire / / Jason Ruiz.
When railroads connected the United States and Mexico in 1884 and overland travel between the two countries became easier and cheaper, Americans developed an intense curiosity about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. Indeed, so many Americans visited Mexico during t...
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Ruiz, Jason, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Americans in the Treasure House : Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire / Jason Ruiz. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2014 1 online resource (293 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Usage -- Introduction: Keep Close to a Kicking Horse -- Chapter 1. Desire among the Ruins: Constructing Mexico in American Travel Discourse -- Chapter 2 “The Greatest and Wisest Despot of Modern Times”: Porfirio Díaz, American Travelers, and the Politics of Logical Paternalism -- Chapter 3. American Travel Writing and the Problem of Indian Difference -- Chapter 4. “The Most Promising Element in Mexican Society”: Idealized Mestizaje and the Eradication of Indian Difference -- Chapter 5. Reversals of Fortune: Revolutionary Veracruz and Porfirian Nostalgia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star When railroads connected the United States and Mexico in 1884 and overland travel between the two countries became easier and cheaper, Americans developed an intense curiosity about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. Indeed, so many Americans visited Mexico during the Porfiriato (the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, 1876–1911) that observers on both sides of the border called the hordes of tourists and business speculators a “foreign invasion,” an apt phrase for a historical moment when the United States was expanding its territory and influence. Americans in the Treasure House examines travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato, concentrating 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. Analyzing a wealth of evidence ranging from travelogues and literary representations to picture postcards and snapshots, Jason Ruiz demonstrates that American travelers constructed Mexico as a nation at the cusp of modernity, but one requiring foreign intervention to reach its full potential. He shows how they rationalized this supposed need for intervention in a variety of ways, including by representing Mexico as a nation that deviated too dramatically from American ideals of progress, whiteness, and sexual self-control to become a modern “sister republic” on its own. Most importantly, Ruiz relates the rapid rise in travel and travel discourse to complex questions about national identity, state power, and economic relations across the U.S.–Mexico border. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Americans Travel Mexico History 19th century. Investments, American Mexico History 19th century. Tourism Mexico History 19th century. HISTORY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110745337 https://doi.org/10.7560/753808 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292753815 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292753815/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Usage -- Introduction: Keep Close to a Kicking Horse -- Chapter 1. Desire among the Ruins: Constructing Mexico in American Travel Discourse -- Chapter 2 “The Greatest and Wisest Despot of Modern Times”: Porfirio Díaz, American Travelers, and the Politics of Logical Paternalism -- Chapter 3. American Travel Writing and the Problem of Indian Difference -- Chapter 4. “The Most Promising Element in Mexican Society”: Idealized Mestizaje and the Eradication of Indian Difference -- Chapter 5. Reversals of Fortune: Revolutionary Veracruz and Porfirian Nostalgia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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