Habsburgs on the Rio Grande : the rise and fall of the second Mexican Empire / Raymond Jonas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonas, Raymond, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867.

Mexico.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.

United States.

Mexico--Politics and government--1861-1867.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Second Mexican Empire, Europe, and the United States

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The Second Mexican Empire has often been dismissed as a mere parenthesis in the history of the Americas. Here, Raymond Jonas shows how important it is in understanding the globally destabilizing effect of the expanded US republic. Habsburgs on the Rio Grande is a rich narrative history story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising American colossus by establishing an Old-World empire on its doorstep."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Rescuing the Latin Race

The Vicar of Cranborne

Puebla

Pacification and Resistance

The Savior

The Seduction

Imperial Pageantry

The Empire Looks for Friends

Volunteers and Refugees

Things Fall Apart

Charlotte Tries Diplomacy

Like Pinning Butterflies

Querétaro, Capital of Empire

Empire on Trial

Leaving Mexico.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674258570

0674258576

OCLC:

1393655991