TY - BOOK AU - Ruiz,Jason ED - Project Muse. TI - Americans in the treasure house: travel to Porfirian Mexico and the cultural politics of empire SN - 9780292753815 AV - F1392.A5 R85 2014 U1 - 917.2/04 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Austin, TX PB - University of Texas Press KW - HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century KW - Investments, American KW - Mexico KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Tourism KW - Americans KW - Travel KW - 1867-1910 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780292753815/ ER -