A continuous state of war : empire building and race making in the Civil War-era Gulf South / Maria Angela Diaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diaz, Maria Angela, author.

Series:

Uncivil wars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Gulf Coast (U.S.)--History.

Gulf Coast (U.S.).

Southern States--History--1775-1865.

Southern States.

Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.

United States--Territorial expansion--History.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 228 pages).

Other Title:

Empire building and race making in the Civil War-era Gulf South

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2024]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"From 1845 to 1865 the Gulf of Mexico was at the center of American expansion and southern imperialism. A Continuous State of War tells the story of several communities, such as Galveston, New Orleans, and Pensacola as well as countries such as Mexico and Cuba and uncovers the way that wars within the upper rim of the Gulf of Mexico facilitated American and southern attempts to conquer Latin American nations. In the push for westward expansion that preceded the Civil War, white southerners along with other Americans engaged in violent conquest in Latin America and the American West. Through the wars that are chronicled here, white southern concepts of race became more rigidly fixed. Maria Angela Diaz covers several conflicts leading up to the Civil War with Mexicans, Cubans, and Native Americans. She places the Civil War within this framework and follows the trajectory of relations with Latin America through the end of the Civil War and ex-Confederates' attempts to emigrate abroad. Gulf Coast communities facilitated both the physical efforts to seize territory and the construction of the highly racialized imperialist ideas that reimagined Latin America as a region that could secure the South's future. Yet the pursuit of that territory created a fluctuating and uncertain situation that shaped the choices of the diverse peoples who lived along the upper rim of the Gulf of Mexico in ways they did not expect"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Wanting a southern empire

The possibilities of Texas

The possibilities of Pensacola

Making meaning of the U.S.-Mexican War

Annexing the gem of the Antilles

Galveston and the fight for the Texas borderlands

Launching a new nation

Empire on the run

What comes after southern imperialism?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-220) and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed October 8, 2025)

ISBN:

9780820366487

082036648X

9780820366494

0820366498

9780820373270

0820373273

OCLC:

1457217608

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license