Empire and Revolution
Subtitle: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9780520223240
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; American studies; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; World - General; Mexico; History: World; History - General History; United States - General; Nationalism; Latin America - Mexico; History / General; Americans; History; Investments, American; Relations; United States
First sentence: At the end of the American Civil War, as the expanding American population began to move west in search of land and opportunity, the Mexican government was engaged in a struggle to expel the occupation forces of Napoleon III.