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Author Kiser, William S., 1986- author.

Title Illusions of empire : the Civil War and Reconstruction in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands / William S. Kiser.

Publication Info. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
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Description 262 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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Series America in the nineteenth century
America in the nineteenth century.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-247) and index.
Contents The origins of irregular diplomacy in U.S.- Mexico relations -- The contest for Chihuahua and Sonora -- Confederate lifelines in northeast Mexico -- Chaos and imperialism in northwest Mexico -- The shifting tides of War and diplomacy in northeast Mexico.
Summary "Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U.S. Southwest in the context of diplomacy, politics, economics, and military operations during the Civil War era. William S. Kiser examines a fascinating series of events in which a disparate group of historical actors vied for power and control along the U.S.-Mexico border: from Union and Confederate generals and presidents, to Indigenous groups, diplomatic officials, bandits, and revolutionaries, to a Mexican president, a Mexican monarch, and a French king. Their unconventional approaches to foreign relations demonstrate the complex ways that individuals influence the course of global affairs and reveal that borderlands simultaneously enable and stifle the growth of empires. This is the first study to treat antebellum U.S. foreign policy, Civil War campaigning, the French Intervention in Mexico, Southwestern Indian Wars, South Texas Bandit Wars, and U.S. Reconstruction in a single volume, balancing U.S. and Mexican source materials to tell an important story of borderlands conflict with ramifications that are still felt in the region today."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Political aspects.
Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Political aspects.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico.
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Confederate States of America -- Foreign relations -- Mexico.
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- Confederate States of America.
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. (OCoLC)fst01239966
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
United States -- Confederate States of America. (OCoLC)fst01205435
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780812253511 (hardcover)
0812253515 (hardcover)
9780812298147 electronic book

 
    
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