Illusions of Empire : : The Civil War and Reconstruction in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands / / William S. Kiser.

Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U.S. Southwest in the context of diplomacy, politics, economics, and military operations during the Civil War era.William S. Kiser examines a fascinating...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]
©2022
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:America in the Nineteenth Century
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 11 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Origins of Irregular Diplomacy in U.S.- Mexico Relations
  • Chapter 2. The Contest for Chihuahua and Sonora
  • Chapter 3. Confederate Lifelines in Northeast Mexico
  • Chapter 4. Chaos and Imperialism in Northwest Mexico
  • Chapter 5. The Shifting Tides of War and Diplomacy in Northeast Mexico
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments