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Summary:

"Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U.S. Southwest in the context of diplomacy, politics, economics, and military operations during the Civil War era. William S. Kiser examines a fascinating series of events in which a disparate group of historical actors vied for power and control along the U.S.-Mexico border: from Union and Confederate generals and presidents, to Indigenous groups, diplomatic officials, bandits, and revolutionaries, to a Mexican president, a Mexican monarch, and a French king. Their unconventional approaches to foreign relations demonstrate the complex ways that individuals influence the course of global affairs and reveal that borderlands simultaneously enable and stifle the growth of empires. This is the first study to treat antebellum U.S. foreign policy, Civil War campaigning, the French Intervention in Mexico, Southwestern Indian Wars, South Texas Bandit Wars, and U.S. Reconstruction in a single volume, balancing U.S. and Mexican source materials to tell an important story of borderlands conflict with ramifications that are still felt in the region today."-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• The origins of irregular diplomacy in U.S.- Mexico relations
• The contest for Chihuahua and Sonora
• Confederate lifelines in northeast Mexico
• Chaos and imperialism in northwest Mexico
• The shifting tides of war and diplomacy in northeast Mexico.

Author/Creator:

Kiser, William S., 1986- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Illusions of empire: the Civil War and Reconstruction in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands [by Kiser, W.S.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Illusions of empire [by Kiser, W.S.] (1st edition; Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021] — ISBN 9780812298147; OCLC Number 1333972518)

Related Series:

America in the nineteenth century

Subjects:

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) — Political aspects

Mexican-American Border Region — History — 19th century

Mexican-American Border Region — Politics and government — 19th century

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Political aspects

United States — Foreign relations — Mexico

Mexico — Foreign relations — United States

Confederate States of America — Foreign relations — Mexico

Mexico — Foreign relations — Confederate States of America

American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

1800-1899

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Diplomatic relations

Politics and government

United States

North America — Mexican-American Border Region

Mexico

United States — Confederate States of America

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

map; illustration

Call Numbers:

F786 .K577 2022

ISBNs:

9780812253511 (hardcover)
0812253515 (hardcover)
9780812298147 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021015305

OCLC Numbers:

1237633995