Informal empire
Subtitle: Mexico and Central America in Victorian culture
By: Robert D. Aguirre.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Mexico -- Relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Relations -- Mexico; Mexico -- Foreign public opinion, British; Central America -- Relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Relations -- Central America; Central America -- Foreign public opinion, British; Great Britain -- Civilization -- American influences; Mexico -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain; Central America -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Open for inspection" : Mexico at the Egyptian Hall in 1824; title: Buena vista : panoramas and the visualization of conquest; title: Agencies of the letter : the British Museum, the Foreign Office, and the ruins of Central America; title: Freak show : the Aztec children and the ruins of race.