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

• Autore: Van Wagenen Michael
• Pubblicazione: Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 329 p., [20] p. of plates ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 973.6/2
• Soggetto topico: Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Influence; Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Public opinion; Collective memory - United States; Collective memory - Mexico
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Remembering the forgotten war
• ISBN: 1-61376-213-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463990303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Public history in historical perspective.