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The Illusion of Ignorance - Constructing the American Encounter with Mexico, 1877-1920 (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,607
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The Illusion of Ignorance - Constructing the American Encounter with Mexico, 1877-1920 (Paperback): Janice Lee Jayes

The Illusion of Ignorance - Constructing the American Encounter with Mexico, 1877-1920 (Paperback)

Janice Lee Jayes

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The Illusion of Ignorance examines the cultural politics of the American encounter with Porfirian Mexico as a precursor and model for the twentieth-century American encounter with the world. Detailed discussions of the logistics of conducting diplomacy, doing business, or traveling abroad in the era give readers a vivid picture of how Americans experienced this age of international expansion, while contrasting Mexican and American visions of the changing relationship. In the end, Mexico's efforts to promote Mexico as a partner in progress with the U.S. was lost to an American illusion schizophrenically divided between fantasies of American leadership toward, and refuge from, modernity. The Illusion of Ignorance argues that American ignorance of the experience of other nations is not so much a barrier to better understanding of the world, but a strategy Americans have chosen to maintain their vision of the U.S. relationship with the world.

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Imprint: University Press of America
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2011
First published: June 2011
Authors: Janice Lee Jayes
Dimensions: 231 x 162 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-5354-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN: 0-7618-5354-5
Barcode: 9780761853541

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