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100	1		_aRuiz, Jason _eautore
245	1	0	_aAmericans in the Treasure House : _bTravel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire / _cJason Ruiz.
264		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource (293 p.)
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tList of Illustrations -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tNotes on Usage -- _tIntroduction: Keep Close to a Kicking Horse -- _tChapter 1. Desire among the Ruins: Constructing Mexico in American Travel Discourse -- _tChapter 2 “The Greatest and Wisest Despot of Modern Times”: Porfirio Díaz, American Travelers, and the Politics of Logical Paternalism -- _tChapter 3. American Travel Writing and the Problem of Indian Difference -- _tChapter 4. “The Most Promising Element in Mexican Society”: Idealized Mestizaje and the Eradication of Indian Difference -- _tChapter 5. Reversals of Fortune: Revolutionary Veracruz and Porfirian Nostalgia -- _tConclusion -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aWhen railroads connected the United States and Mexico in 1884 and overland travel between the two countries became easier and cheaper, Americans developed an intense curiosity about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. Indeed, so many Americans visited Mexico during the Porfiriato (the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, 1876–1911) that observers on both sides of the border called the hordes of tourists and business speculators a “foreign invasion,” an apt phrase for a historical moment when the United States was expanding its territory and influence. Americans in the Treasure House examines travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato, concentrating 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. Analyzing a wealth of evidence ranging from travelogues and literary representations to picture postcards and snapshots, Jason Ruiz demonstrates that American travelers constructed Mexico as a nation at the cusp of modernity, but one requiring foreign intervention to reach its full potential. He shows how they rationalized this supposed need for intervention in a variety of ways, including by representing Mexico as a nation that deviated too dramatically from American ideals of progress, whiteness, and sexual self-control to become a modern “sister republic” on its own. Most importantly, Ruiz relates the rapid rise in travel and travel discourse to complex questions about national identity, state power, and economic relations across the U.S.–Mexico border.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650		0	_aAmericans _xTravel _zMexico _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aInvestments, American _zMexico _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aTourism _zMexico _xHistory _y19th century.
650		7	_aHISTORY / General. _2bisacsh
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