LEADER 03652nam 2200601 450 001 9910463732203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-75381-0 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060219 035 $a(EBL)3443705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001059359 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11585844 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001059359 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11079605 035 $a(PQKB)10141499 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443705 035 $a(OCoLC)867012913 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25096 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443705 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10803245 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060219 100 $a20130520h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmericans in the treasure house $etravel to Porfirian Mexico and the cultural politics of empire /$fJason Ruiz 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-75380-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine 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. 330 $a"This book examines travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato (the long dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz 1876-1911), focusing especially on the role of travelers in shaping ideas of Mexico as a logical place for Americans to extend their economic and cultural influence in the hemisphere. Overland travel between the United States and Mexico became instantly faster, smoother, and cheaper when workers connected the two countries' rail lines in 1884, creating intense curiosity in the United States about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. As a result, so many Americans began to travel south of the border during the Porfiriato that observers from both sides of the border began to quip that the visiting hordes of tourists and business speculators constituted a "foreign invasion," a phrase laced with irony given that it appeared at the height of public debate in the United States about the nation's imperial future. These travelers created a rich and varied record of their journeys, constructing Mexico as a nation at the cusp of modernity but requiring foreign intervention to reach its full potential"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAmericans$xTravel$zMexico$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTourism$zMexico$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aInvestments, American$zMexico$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aMexico$xHistory$y1867-1910 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmericans$xTravel$xHistory 615 0$aTourism$xHistory 615 0$aInvestments, American$xHistory 676 $a917.2/04 700 $aRuiz$b Jason$0974714 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463732203321 996 $aAmericans in the treasure house$92219544 997 $aUNINA