To the Halls of the Montezumas - The Mexican War in the American Imagination (Paperback, New ed)

For the romantic generation of Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, the Mexican war was a grand exercise in self-identity: it legitimized the young republic's convictions of mission and destiny to a doubting world. This book examines the war's place in the popular imagination of the era. The Mexican War was the first American conflict to be widely reported in the press, as well as the first to be waged against an alien in a distant, strange, and exotic land. For mid-century Americans, the author shows, the war provided a window onto the outside world, promoting an awareness - if not an understanding - of a people and a land unlike any they had known before. Drawing on military and travel accounts, newspaper dispatches, and a host of other sources, the author recreates the mood and feeling of the period - its unbounded optimism and its patriotic pride.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1988
First published:	1988
Authors:	Robert W. Johannsen (J.G.Randall Distinguished Professor of History)
Dimensions:	209 x 135 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	384
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-504981-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-19-504981-0
Barcode:	9780195049817

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