Author: Joel Roberts Poinsett
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Documents the travels of the author, a statesman, to Mexico from Charleston, South Carolina, on 28 August 1822. He tells of his voyage to Puerto Rico, his travels throughout Mexico, and finally, Cuba. Appendices include historical sketches and governmental reports of his trip. There is a folded map in the back of the book drawn from the author's notes, as well as documents by H.S. Tanner which map the journey.
Notes on Mexico, Made in the Autumn of 1822
Author: Joel Roberts Poinsett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Documents the travels of the author, a statesman, to Mexico from Charleston, South Carolina, on 28 August 1822. He tells of his voyage to Puerto Rico, his travels throughout Mexico, and finally, Cuba. Appendices include historical sketches and governmental reports of his trip. There is a folded map in the back of the book drawn from the author's notes, as well as documents by H.S. Tanner which map the journey.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Documents the travels of the author, a statesman, to Mexico from Charleston, South Carolina, on 28 August 1822. He tells of his voyage to Puerto Rico, his travels throughout Mexico, and finally, Cuba. Appendices include historical sketches and governmental reports of his trip. There is a folded map in the back of the book drawn from the author's notes, as well as documents by H.S. Tanner which map the journey.
Notes on Mexico, Made in the Autumn of 1822
Author: Joel Roberts Poinsett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Documents the travels of the author, a statesman, to Mexico from Charleston, South Carolina, on 28 August 1822. He tells of his voyage to Puerto Rico, his travels throughout Mexico, and finally, Cuba. Appendices include historical sketches and governmental reports of his trip. There is a folded map in the back of the book drawn from the author's notes, as well as documents by H.S. Tanner which map the journey.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Documents the travels of the author, a statesman, to Mexico from Charleston, South Carolina, on 28 August 1822. He tells of his voyage to Puerto Rico, his travels throughout Mexico, and finally, Cuba. Appendices include historical sketches and governmental reports of his trip. There is a folded map in the back of the book drawn from the author's notes, as well as documents by H.S. Tanner which map the journey.
Mexico in the Time of Cholera
Author: Donald Fithian Stevens
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826360564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This captivating study tells Mexico’s best untold stories. The book takes the devastating 1833 cholera epidemic as its dramatic center and expands beyond this episode to explore love, lust, lies, and midwives. Parish archives and other sources tell us human stories about the intimate decisions, hopes, aspirations, and religious commitments of Mexican men and women as they made their way through the transition from the Viceroyalty of New Spain to an independent republic. In this volume Stevens shows how Mexico assumed a new place in Atlantic history as a nation coming to grips with modernization and colonial heritage, helping us to understand the paradox of a country with a reputation for fervent Catholicism that moved so quickly to disestablish the Church.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826360564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This captivating study tells Mexico’s best untold stories. The book takes the devastating 1833 cholera epidemic as its dramatic center and expands beyond this episode to explore love, lust, lies, and midwives. Parish archives and other sources tell us human stories about the intimate decisions, hopes, aspirations, and religious commitments of Mexican men and women as they made their way through the transition from the Viceroyalty of New Spain to an independent republic. In this volume Stevens shows how Mexico assumed a new place in Atlantic history as a nation coming to grips with modernization and colonial heritage, helping us to understand the paradox of a country with a reputation for fervent Catholicism that moved so quickly to disestablish the Church.
We Never Retreat
Author: Edward A. Bradley
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
The term “filibuster” often brings to mind a senator giving a long-winded speech in opposition to a bill, but the term had a different connotation in the nineteenth century—invasion of foreign lands by private military forces. Spanish Texas was a target of such invasions. Generally given short shrift in the studies of American-based filibustering, these expeditions were led by colorful men such as Augustus William Magee, Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, John Robinson, and James Long. Previous accounts of their activities are brief, lack the appropriate context to fully understand filibustering, and leave gaps in the historiography. Ed Bradley now offers a thorough recounting of filibustering into Spanish Texas framed through the lens of personal and political motives: why American men participated in them and to what extent the US government was either involved in or tolerated them. “We Never Retreat” makes a major contribution by placing these expeditions within the contexts of the Mexican War of Independence and international relations between the United States and Spain.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
The term “filibuster” often brings to mind a senator giving a long-winded speech in opposition to a bill, but the term had a different connotation in the nineteenth century—invasion of foreign lands by private military forces. Spanish Texas was a target of such invasions. Generally given short shrift in the studies of American-based filibustering, these expeditions were led by colorful men such as Augustus William Magee, Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, John Robinson, and James Long. Previous accounts of their activities are brief, lack the appropriate context to fully understand filibustering, and leave gaps in the historiography. Ed Bradley now offers a thorough recounting of filibustering into Spanish Texas framed through the lens of personal and political motives: why American men participated in them and to what extent the US government was either involved in or tolerated them. “We Never Retreat” makes a major contribution by placing these expeditions within the contexts of the Mexican War of Independence and international relations between the United States and Spain.
The North American Review
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Arredondo
Author: Bradley Folsom
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806158239
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In this biography of Joaquín de Arredondo, historian Bradley Folsom brings to life one of the most influential and ruthless leaders in North American history. Arredondo (1776–1837), a Bourbon loyalist who governed Texas and the other interior provinces of northeastern New Spain during the Mexican War of Independence, contended with attacks by revolutionaries, U.S. citizens, generals who had served in Napoleon’s army, pirates, and various American Indian groups, all attempting to wrest control of the region. Often resorting to violence to deal with the provinces’ problems, Arredondo was for ten years the most powerful official in northeastern New Spain. Folsom’s lively account shows the challenges of governing a vast and inhospitable region and provides insight into nineteenth-century military tactics and Spanish viceregal realpolitik. When Arredondo and his army—which included Arredondo’s protégé, future president of Mexico Antonio López de Santa Anna—arrived in Nuevo Santander in 1811, they quickly suppressed a revolutionary upheaval. Arredondo went on to expel an army of revolutionaries and invaders from the United States who had taken over Texas and declared it an independent republic. In the Battle of Medina, the bloodiest battle ever fought in Texas, he crushed the insurgents and followed his victory with a purge that reduced Texas’s population by half. Over the following eight years, Arredondo faced fresh challenges to Spanish sovereignty ranging from Comanche and Apache raids to continued American incursion. In response, Arredondo ignored his superiors and ordered his soldiers to terrorize those who disagreed with him. Arredondo’s actions had dramatic repercussions in Texas, Mexico, and the United States. His decision to allow Moses Austin to colonize Texas with Americans would culminate in the defeat of Santa Anna in 1836, but not before Santa Anna had made good use of the lessons in brutality he had learned so well from his mentor.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806158239
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In this biography of Joaquín de Arredondo, historian Bradley Folsom brings to life one of the most influential and ruthless leaders in North American history. Arredondo (1776–1837), a Bourbon loyalist who governed Texas and the other interior provinces of northeastern New Spain during the Mexican War of Independence, contended with attacks by revolutionaries, U.S. citizens, generals who had served in Napoleon’s army, pirates, and various American Indian groups, all attempting to wrest control of the region. Often resorting to violence to deal with the provinces’ problems, Arredondo was for ten years the most powerful official in northeastern New Spain. Folsom’s lively account shows the challenges of governing a vast and inhospitable region and provides insight into nineteenth-century military tactics and Spanish viceregal realpolitik. When Arredondo and his army—which included Arredondo’s protégé, future president of Mexico Antonio López de Santa Anna—arrived in Nuevo Santander in 1811, they quickly suppressed a revolutionary upheaval. Arredondo went on to expel an army of revolutionaries and invaders from the United States who had taken over Texas and declared it an independent republic. In the Battle of Medina, the bloodiest battle ever fought in Texas, he crushed the insurgents and followed his victory with a purge that reduced Texas’s population by half. Over the following eight years, Arredondo faced fresh challenges to Spanish sovereignty ranging from Comanche and Apache raids to continued American incursion. In response, Arredondo ignored his superiors and ordered his soldiers to terrorize those who disagreed with him. Arredondo’s actions had dramatic repercussions in Texas, Mexico, and the United States. His decision to allow Moses Austin to colonize Texas with Americans would culminate in the defeat of Santa Anna in 1836, but not before Santa Anna had made good use of the lessons in brutality he had learned so well from his mentor.
Mexican Art and the Academy of San Carlos, 1785-1915
Author: Jean Charlot
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292771525
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Was the Royal Academy of San Carlos, founded in 1785 by the King of Spain, beneficial or detrimental to the development of a valid, living art in Mexico? The answer lies in the archives of the school, but nobody thought about constructing an aesthetic history from them until Jean Charlot accidentally discovered their extent and interest while searching for other material. In this straightforward, documented account he presents not merely opinions and criticism but evidence, including curricula and contemporary drawings by students and teachers. Since Pre-Conquest art there have been, it is usually assumed, two periods in Mexican art: the Colonial and the Modern. Between these peaks lies the dark Academy-dominated hiatus called Neo-Classicism, an episode that this treatise makes the first attempt to under-stand. The academic canons imported from Europe during this period were undeniably wrong for the indigenous people, and especially wrong at a time when a revolutionary Mexico was struggling for its own identity. But instead of throwing out this strange episode as foreign and imitative, it now becomes possible to see it as a period of acculturation through which the Mexican spirit emerged. Aside from its interest as aesthetic history, this book makes an important contribution to the social history of Mexico. Some provocative ideas emerge: the interrelations between cultural and political attitudes, the historical impact of events and personalities on ideology. In the seesaw of political and financial fortunes, the worst moments of confusion were often the most pregnant artistically, with mexicanidad rising inevitably when official guidance weakened. As social history this account constitutes an interesting parallel to similar cultural experiences in the United States and in other countries of the Americas. Charlot presents this material without special pleading, but not without appraisal. He writes: “... in the periods when the Academy was most strictly run along academic lines, it helped the young, by contrast, to realize the meaning of freedom. When the school was manned by men blind to the Mexican tradition, and sensitive only to European values, their stubborn stand became a most healthy invitation to artistic revolution.”
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292771525
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Was the Royal Academy of San Carlos, founded in 1785 by the King of Spain, beneficial or detrimental to the development of a valid, living art in Mexico? The answer lies in the archives of the school, but nobody thought about constructing an aesthetic history from them until Jean Charlot accidentally discovered their extent and interest while searching for other material. In this straightforward, documented account he presents not merely opinions and criticism but evidence, including curricula and contemporary drawings by students and teachers. Since Pre-Conquest art there have been, it is usually assumed, two periods in Mexican art: the Colonial and the Modern. Between these peaks lies the dark Academy-dominated hiatus called Neo-Classicism, an episode that this treatise makes the first attempt to under-stand. The academic canons imported from Europe during this period were undeniably wrong for the indigenous people, and especially wrong at a time when a revolutionary Mexico was struggling for its own identity. But instead of throwing out this strange episode as foreign and imitative, it now becomes possible to see it as a period of acculturation through which the Mexican spirit emerged. Aside from its interest as aesthetic history, this book makes an important contribution to the social history of Mexico. Some provocative ideas emerge: the interrelations between cultural and political attitudes, the historical impact of events and personalities on ideology. In the seesaw of political and financial fortunes, the worst moments of confusion were often the most pregnant artistically, with mexicanidad rising inevitably when official guidance weakened. As social history this account constitutes an interesting parallel to similar cultural experiences in the United States and in other countries of the Americas. Charlot presents this material without special pleading, but not without appraisal. He writes: “... in the periods when the Academy was most strictly run along academic lines, it helped the young, by contrast, to realize the meaning of freedom. When the school was manned by men blind to the Mexican tradition, and sensitive only to European values, their stubborn stand became a most healthy invitation to artistic revolution.”
Notes on Mexico, Made in the Autumm of 1822, Accompanied by an Historical Sketch of the Revolution, and Translations of Official Reports on the Present State of that Country
Author: J ..... R ..... Poinsett
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The North American Review
Author: Jared Sparks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
The United States Literary Gazette
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description