Informal empire : Mexico and Central America in Victorian culture / Robert D. Aguirre.
Published / Created:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.
Physical Description:
xxix, 198 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Table of contents
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018507.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-190) and index.
Contents:
"Open for inspection" : Mexico at the Egyptian Hall in 1824 -- Buena vista : panoramas and the visualization of conquest -- Agencies of the letter : the British Museum, the Foreign Office, and the ruins of Central America -- Freak show : the Aztec children and the ruins of race.
Subject Terms:
Mexico -- Relations -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Relations -- Mexico. | Mexico -- Foreign public opinion, British. | Central America -- Relations -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Relations -- Central America. | Central America -- Foreign public opinion, British. | Great Britain -- Civilization -- American influences. | Mexico -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. | Central America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.