To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American ImaginationOxford University Press, 21.01.1988 - 662 Seiten For mid-19th-century Americans, the Mexican War was not only a grand exercise in self-identity, legitimizing the young republic's convictions of mission and destiny to a doubting world; it was also the first American conflict to be widely reported in the press and to be waged against an alien foe in a distant and exotic land. It provided a window onto the outside world and promoted an awareness of a people and a land unlike any Americans had known before. This rich cultural history examines the place of the Mexican War in the popular imagination of the era. 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--and adds a new dimension to our understanding of both the Mexican War and America itself. |
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... successful foreign wars , and legitimized long - held convictions of mission and des- tiny . " Our country , " declared the journal of the Whig party , " has en- tered on a new epoch in its history . " " 3 At the same time , midcentury ...
... successful foreign wars , and legitimized long - held convictions of mission and des- tiny . " Our country , " declared the journal of the Whig party , " has en- tered on a new epoch in its history . " " 3 At the same time , midcentury ...
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... success of " our brave and magnanimous army in Mexico " recalled the struggles of the Revolution , and the leader of that Revolution now stood forth as the " founder of an em- pire " which would soon eclipse anything that the " world ...
... success of " our brave and magnanimous army in Mexico " recalled the struggles of the Revolution , and the leader of that Revolution now stood forth as the " founder of an em- pire " which would soon eclipse anything that the " world ...
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... success were received by the government on May 25 , and the capital immediately assumed an air of celebration . The moral effect of the triumph upon the country , declared the Democratic paper , would be irresistible . " It secures us a ...
... success were received by the government on May 25 , and the capital immediately assumed an air of celebration . The moral effect of the triumph upon the country , declared the Democratic paper , would be irresistible . " It secures us a ...
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... success of the military forces , and the greater skill on the battle- field . All these added up to an " increased confidence " in the strength of the republic . Although brief ( less than two years ) , the war bore fruits " more real ...
... success of the military forces , and the greater skill on the battle- field . All these added up to an " increased confidence " in the strength of the republic . Although brief ( less than two years ) , the war bore fruits " more real ...
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... success of the military operations in Mexico were the personal strength , leadership , and determination of the President . Without any military experience or knowledge , Polk organized and controlled the war almost single - handedly ...
... success of the military operations in Mexico were the personal strength , leadership , and determination of the President . Without any military experience or knowledge , Polk organized and controlled the war almost single - handedly ...
Inhalt
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CHAPTER 3 The True Spirit of Patriot Virtue | 45 |
CHAPTER 4 Visions of Romance and Chivalry | 68 |
CHAPTER 5 A New Stock of Heroes | 108 |
CHAPTER 6 Travelers in a Foreign Land | 144 |
CHAPTER 7 A WarLiterature | 175 |
CHAPTER 8 Poetry and the Popular Arts | 204 |
CHAPTER 9 The Historians War | 241 |
CHAPTER 10 The War and the Republic | 270 |
A New Epoch in American History | 302 |
Notes | 313 |
Index | 353 |
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To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination Robert Walter Johannsen Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1985 |
To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination Robert W. Johannsen Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1988 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adventure Ameri American Review American soldiers Aztec Battle of Buena battlefield became Buena Vista camp Campaign in Mexico Charles chivalry Cincinnati civilians civilization conflict conquest Cortez Cruz Democratic Review Doniphan's enemy fighting fought George George Lippard glory Graham's Magazine Henry heroes heroic heroism historian honor Indians James Fenimore Cooper John Journal July June land Lippard Literary World literature Littell's Living Age March ment Mexi Mexican Mexican War Mexico City military mission Monterey Montezuma National Register newspaper Niles officer Oswandel Palma Palo Alto patriotism peace Philadelphia poem poetry Polk popular Prescott published race Regiment republic republican Revolution romantic scenes seemed Sept Simms song Southern Literary Messenger Southern Quarterly Review Spanish spirit Taylor's army Texas Thomas Bangs Thorpe tion troops United Vera Cruz victories vols volunteers war's Whig William William Hickling Prescott Winfield Scott writer wrote York Herald Zachary Taylor
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 109 - Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.
Seite 70 - But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Seite 103 - Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies...
Seite 38 - Not a single one over thirty years of age. •The second First-day morning they were brought out in squads and massacred, it was beautiful early summer, The work commenced about five o'clock and was over by eight. None...
Seite 103 - Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts; The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Seite 218 - They jest want this Californy So's to lug new slave-states in To abuse ye, an
Seite 242 - ... the cloud? It is yet free and indestructible ; can as little be bound in chains as the aspiring flame ; and, when once generated, takes eternity for its guardian. We are the children and the heirs of the past...
Seite 98 - Albany, from which place I had a good view of all that occurred. It was a ' sight to see!' The tall ships of war sailing leisurely along under their top-sails, their decks thronged in every part with dense masses of troops, whose bright muskets and bayonets were flashing in the sunbeams; the...
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