The Resource To the halls of the Montezumas : the Mexican War in the American imagination, Robert W. Johannsen
To the halls of the Montezumas : the Mexican War in the American imagination, Robert W. Johannsen
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- Summary
- "Our country has entered on a new epoch of its history," wrote a Whig Party journal in 1849, just after America's triumph in the Mexican War. Indeed, for that romantic generation of Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, the Mexican War was a grand exercise in self-identity: it legitimized the young republic's convictions of mission and destiny to a doubting world. It was easily one of the most popular wars the United States has ever fought. This rich cultural history examines the war's place in the popular imagination of the era. As Robert Johannsen notes, the Mexican War was the first American conflict to be widely reported in the press, as well as the first to be waged against an alien foe in a distant, strange, and exotic land. For mid-century Americans, Johannsen shows, the war provided a window onto the outside world, promoting an awareness--if not an understanding--of a people and a land unlike any they had known before. The war helped to dispel some of the mystery of Mexico, as it generated a huge flood of popular literature, poetry, songs, art, and stage plays. Would-be historians began chronicling the war almost as soon as the first shots were fired, and the war provoked myriad questions about the true nature and purposes of the republic. Drawing on military and travel accounts, newspaper dispatches, and a host of other sources, Johannsen vividly recreates the mood and feeling of the period--its unbounded optimism and patriotic pride. The book's unique perspective not only adds a new dimension to our understanding of the Mexican War; it offers new insights into American itself.--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 363 pages)
- Contents
-
- Poetry and the Popular Arts
- The Historians' War
- The War and the Republic
- Epilogue: A New Epoch in American History
- Prologue: Washington, July 4, 1848
- America's First Foreign War
- A Dare-Devil War Spirit
- The True Spirit of Patriot Virtue
- Visions of Romance and Chivalry
- A New Stock of Heroes
- Travelers in a Foreign Land
- A War-Literature
- Isbn
- 9780195035186
- Label
- To the halls of the Montezumas : the Mexican War in the American imagination
- Title
- To the halls of the Montezumas
- Title remainder
- the Mexican War in the American imagination
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert W. Johannsen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Our country has entered on a new epoch of its history," wrote a Whig Party journal in 1849, just after America's triumph in the Mexican War. Indeed, for that romantic generation of Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, the Mexican War was a grand exercise in self-identity: it legitimized the young republic's convictions of mission and destiny to a doubting world. It was easily one of the most popular wars the United States has ever fought. This rich cultural history examines the war's place in the popular imagination of the era. As Robert Johannsen notes, the Mexican War was the first American conflict to be widely reported in the press, as well as the first to be waged against an alien foe in a distant, strange, and exotic land. For mid-century Americans, Johannsen shows, the war provided a window onto the outside world, promoting an awareness--if not an understanding--of a people and a land unlike any they had known before. The war helped to dispel some of the mystery of Mexico, as it generated a huge flood of popular literature, poetry, songs, art, and stage plays. Would-be historians began chronicling the war almost as soon as the first shots were fired, and the war provoked myriad questions about the true nature and purposes of the republic. Drawing on military and travel accounts, newspaper dispatches, and a host of other sources, Johannsen vividly recreates the mood and feeling of the period--its unbounded optimism and patriotic pride. The book's unique perspective not only adds a new dimension to our understanding of the Mexican War; it offers new insights into American itself.--Publisher description
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N15
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1925-2011
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johannsen, Robert W.
- Dewey number
- 973.6/2
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E404
- LC item number
- .J64 1985eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- HISTORY
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- War and literature
- Label
- To the halls of the Montezumas : the Mexican War in the American imagination, Robert W. Johannsen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-352) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Poetry and the Popular Arts
- The Historians' War
- The War and the Republic
- Epilogue: A New Epoch in American History
- Prologue: Washington, July 4, 1848
- America's First Foreign War
- A Dare-Devil War Spirit
- The True Spirit of Patriot Virtue
- Visions of Romance and Chivalry
- A New Stock of Heroes
- Travelers in a Foreign Land
- A War-Literature
- Control code
- 84373933
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 363 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780195035186
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)84373933
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- To the halls of the Montezumas : the Mexican War in the American imagination, Robert W. Johannsen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-352) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Poetry and the Popular Arts
- The Historians' War
- The War and the Republic
- Epilogue: A New Epoch in American History
- Prologue: Washington, July 4, 1848
- America's First Foreign War
- A Dare-Devil War Spirit
- The True Spirit of Patriot Virtue
- Visions of Romance and Chivalry
- A New Stock of Heroes
- Travelers in a Foreign Land
- A War-Literature
- Control code
- 84373933
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 363 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780195035186
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)84373933
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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