Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire

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AmericAns in the treAsure house THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK AmericAns in the treAsure house Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire JAson ruiz university of texAs Press Austin Copyright © 2014 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2014 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form ♾ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of Ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). LibrAry of congress cAtALoging-in-PubLicAtion DAtA Ruiz, Jason. Americans in the treasure house : travel to Porfirian Mexico and the cultural politics of empire / Jason Ruiz. pages cm isbn 978-0-292-75380-8 (hardback) isbn 978-0-292-75383-9 (paperback) 1. Americans—Travel—Mexico—History—19th century. 2. Tourism— Mexico—History—19th century. 3. Investments, American—Mexico— History—19th century. 4. Mexico—History—1867–1910. I. Title. f1392.A5r85 2014 917.2'04—dc23 2013017381 doi:10.7560/753808 for mAriAnnA AnD cAssie, my fAvorite LittLe trAveLers in this big worLD THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...