Romancing the Maya : Mexican antiquity in the American imagination, 1820-1915 / R. Tripp Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, R. Tripp, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

Archaeological expeditions.

Archaeological expeditions--Mexico--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas, [2023]

Summary:

An exploration of why nineteenth-century Americans felt entitled to appropriate Mexico's cultural heritage as the United States' own.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Second Discovery of America

2. Incidents of Transcription: 'American' Antiquity in the Work of Stephens and Catherwood

3. Joseph Smith and the Archaeology of Revelation

4. The Toltec Lens of Désiré Charnay

5. Bordering on the Magnificent: Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon in the Kingdom of Móo

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Evans, R. Tripp Romancing the Maya

ISBN:

9780292758735

0292758731

OCLC:

1511479528