Romancing the Maya: Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, 1820-1915

Romancing the Maya: Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, 1820-1915

by R.TrippEvans (Author)

Synopsis

During Mexico's first century of independence, European and American explorers rediscovered its pre-Hispanic past. This title explores why nineteenth-century Americans felt entitled to appropriate Mexico's cultural heritage as the United States' own.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 01 Apr 2004

ISBN 10: 0292722214
ISBN 13: 9780292722217