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Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War / / Michael Scott Van Wagenen



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Autore: Van Wagenen Michael Visualizza persona
Titolo: Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War / / Michael Scott Van Wagenen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts, : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012
©2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 recurso en línea (xvi, 329 p., [20] p. of plates ) : il. ;
Disciplina: 973.6/2
Soggetto topico: Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Influence
Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Public opinion
Collective memory - United States
Collective memory - Mexico
Memoria colectiva - Estados Unidos
Memoria colectiva - México
Soggetto geografico: México Guerra 1648-1848
México Historia
Soggetto genere / forma: Libros electrónicos
Nota di bibliografia: Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Of War and Soccer -- Victory and Dissolution : The United States, 1848/1865 -- In the Shadow of Defeat : Mexico, 1848/1866 -- Old Soldiers and New Wars : The United States, 1866/1895 -- Inventing Heroes : Mexico, 1867/1920 -- Empire and Exclusion : The United States, 1896/1929 -- Rituals of the State : Mexico, 1921/1952 -- Good Neighbors and Bad Blood : The United States, 1930/1965 -- Resisting the Gringos : Mexico, 1953/1989 -- Contesting American Pasts : The United States, 1966/1989 -- Remembrance and Free Trade : The United States and Mexico, 1990/2008 -- Conclusion: Putting the Skeletons to Rest.
Sommario/riassunto: "This book answers the deeper question of how remembrance of the U.S.-Mexican War has shaped the complex relationship between these former enemies now turned friends. The distant violence becomes a new lens through which to view today's rivalries and resentments"--Page 7.
On February 2, 1848, representatives of the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ending hostilities between the two countries and ceding over one-half million square miles of land to the northern victors. In Mexico, this defeat has gradually moved from the periphery of dishonor to the forefront of national consciousness. In the United States, the war has taken an opposite trajectory, falling from its once-celebrated prominence into the shadowy margins of forgetfulness and denial. Why is the U.S.-Mexican War so clearly etched in the minds of Mexicans and so easily overlooked by Americans? This book investigates that issue through a transnational, comparative analysis of how the tools of collective memory--books, popular culture, historic sites, heritage groups, commemorations, and museums--have shaped the war's multifaceted meaning in the 160 years since it ended. Michael Van Wagenen explores how regional, ethnic, and religious differences influence Americans and Mexicans in their choices of what to remember and what to forget. He further documents what happens when competing memories clash in a quest for dominance and control. In the end, Remembering the Forgotten War addresses the deeper question of how remembrance of the U.S.-Mexican War has influenced the complex relationship between these former enemies now turned friends. It thus provides a new lens through which to view today's cross-border rivalries, resentments, and diplomatic pitfalls.
Titolo autorizzato: Remembering the forgotten war  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61376-213-5
9781613762134
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788627303321
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Serie: Public history in historical perspective.