Americans in the treasure house [electronic resource] : travel to Porfirian Mexico and the cultural politics of empire / Jason Ruiz.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780292753815
- 0292753810
- 917.2/04 23
- F1392.A5 R85 2014
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.
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