Americans in the Treasure House : Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruiz, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tourism.
Investments, American.
Americans > Travel.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
TRAVEL.
Investments, American > Mexico > History > 19th century.
Tourism > Mexico > History > 19th century.
Americans > Travel > Mexico > History > 19th century.
Mexico.
Mexique > Histoire > 1867-1910.
Mexico > History > 1867-1910.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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