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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787459303321

Titolo

Mexican lobby : Matias Romero in Washington, 1861-1867 / / edited and translated with an introduction by Thomas D. Schoonover ; assisted by Ebba Wesener Schoonover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1986

©1986

ISBN

0-8131-6419-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

972/.07/0924

Soggetti

Diplomats - Mexico

Diplomats - United States

Mexico Foreign relations 1861-1867

Mexico Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Translation of: Correspondencia de la Legación Mexicana en Washington durante la intervención extranjera.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyrights; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; Epilogue; Essay on Sources; Bibliography of Works by Matias Romero; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

For Americans the Civil War was simply an internal conflict, and they have emphasized its military exploits and the romantic myths that have grown up around it. They have given little regard to its international aspects. In truth, however, the American Civil War attracted worldwide attention. Other nations followed the fortunes of the war and sought to understand its goals because they saw that the fate of the American system would likely have a profound effect on their own social and political economies. One such nation was the United States' southern neighbor Mexico, and in  Mexican Lobby Th