Habsburgs on the Rio Grande - The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire

Largely forgotten today, the Second Mexican Empire was a transformative nineteenth-century moment. Raymond Jonas explores the conspiracy of European rulers and Mexican conservatives to erect an Old World empire on New World soil. Though quixotic, it was a scheme with a purpose: to contain both Mexican democracy and the rising United States.

About the author

Raymond Jonas is Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History, University of Washington, Seattle.

Summary

Largely forgotten today, the Second Mexican Empire was a transformative nineteenth-century moment. Raymond Jonas explores the conspiracy of European rulers and Mexican conservatives to erect an Old World empire on New World soil. Though quixotic, it was a scheme with a purpose: to contain both Mexican democracy and the rising United States.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Jonas, Jonas Raymond
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9780674258570
• ISBN: 978-0-674-25857-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Mexico, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas