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The Illusion of Ignorance
Constructing the American Encounter with Mexico, 1877-1920
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2011
Summary
The Illusion of Ignorance examines the cultural politics of the American encounter with Porfirian Mexico as a precursor and model for the twentieth-century American encounter with the world. Detailed discussions of the logistics of conducting diplomacy, doing business, or traveling abroad in the era give readers a vivid picture of how Americans experienced this age of international expansion, while contrasting Mexican and American visions of the changing relationship. In the end, Mexico's efforts to promote Mexico as a partner in progress with the U.S. was lost to an American illusion schizophrenically divided between fantasies of American leadership toward, and refuge from, modernity. The Illusion of Ignorance argues that American ignorance of the experience of other nations is not so much a barrier to better understanding of the world, but a strategy Americans have chosen to maintain their vision of the U.S. relationship with the world.
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Edition
1/2011
Copyright Year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5354-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5355-8
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
244
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Preface andAcknowledgments No access
Timeline of Key Events in U.S. Mexican Relations, 1821–1920 No access
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Introduction: Donkeys and Diplomats No access
Introduction: Of Missions and Memoirs No access
Chapter One. “The Most Difficult Mission on the Western Hemisphere” No access
Chapter Two. Awaiting the Descent into Chaos No access
Chapter Three. The “Inconvenient” Mr. Foster No access
Conclusion: “Such Intimate Connection to the People” No access
Introduction: “The True Lifeguard of Our Nationality” No access
Chapter Four. “The Language of Business” No access
Chapter Five. “Sister Republics” No access
Conclusion: “Order and Progress” No access
Photos No access
Introduction: Pilgrims to the Past No access
Chapter Six. From Education to Escape: American Tourism in Porfirian Mexico No access
Chapter Seven. Minerals and Aztec Villages: Mexico on the American Fairground No access
Chapter Eight. Writing the Revolution No access
Conclusion: Trading Progress for Paradise No access
Epilogue: The Illusion of Ignorance No access Pages 221 - 224
