Title:
Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War / Michael Scott Van Wagenen.
Author:
Van Wagenen, Michael.
Publication Information:
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2012.
Call Number:
E404 .V35 2012
Abstract:
"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.
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ISBN:
9781558499300
9781558499294
Series:
Public history in historical perspective
Public history in historical perspective.
Physical Description:
xvi, 329 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
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.
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