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Author Van Wagenen, Michael, author.

Title Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War / Michael Scott Van Wagenen
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (352 pages)
Series Public history in historical perspective
Public history in historical perspective.
Contents Introduction: Of War and Soccer -- Victory and Dissolution : The United States, 1848/1865 -- In the Shadow of Defeat : Mexico, 1848/1866 -- Old Soldiers and New Wars : The United States, 1866/1895 -- Inventing Heroes : Mexico, 1867/1920 -- Empire and Exclusion : The United States, 1896/1929 -- Rituals of the State : Mexico, 1921/1952 -- Good Neighbors and Bad Blood : The United States, 1930/1965 -- Resisting the Gringos : Mexico, 1953/1989 -- Contesting American Pasts : The United States, 1966/1989 -- Remembrance and Free Trade : The United States and Mexico, 1990/2008 -- Conclusion: Putting the Skeletons to Rest
Summary "This book answers the deeper question of how remembrance of the U.S.-Mexican War has shaped the complex relationship between these former enemies now turned friends. The distant violence becomes a new lens through which to view today's rivalries and resentments"--Page 7
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Influence
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion.
Collective memory -- United States
Collective memory -- Mexico
Public opinion -- United States
Public opinion -- Mexico
Public history -- United States
Public history -- Mexico
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Collective memory
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
International relations
Public history
Public opinion
SUBJECT Mexico -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Mexico
Subject Mexico
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012022642
ISBN 9781613762134
1613762135