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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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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