Illusions of empire : the Civil War and Reconstruction in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands /
Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands and border lines, examining the ways in which Mexico's north overlapped with America's Southwest in the contexts of diplomacy, politics, economics and military operations. Beyond these direct historical arguments...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2021].
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| Series: | America in the nineteenth century.
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| Summary: | Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands and border lines, examining the ways in which Mexico's north overlapped with America's Southwest in the contexts of diplomacy, politics, economics and military operations. Beyond these direct historical arguments, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands provide a case study for the overt and covert nature of diplomacy in regions of contested sovereignty. |
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| Physical Description: | 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812253511 0812253515 |