Habsburgs On The Rio Grande
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Habsburgs On The Rio Grande
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Author : Raymond Jonas
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press - T
Release Date : 2024-04-16
Habsburgs On The Rio Grande written by Raymond Jonas and has been published by Harvard University Press - T this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-16 with History categories.
The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising US colossus by establishing Old World empire on its doorstep. The outbreak of the US Civil War provided an unexpected opportunity for political conservatives across continents. On one side were European monarchs. Mere decades after its founding, the United States had become a threat to European hegemony; instability in the United States could be exploited to lay a rival low. Meanwhile, Mexican antidemocrats needed a powerful backer to fend off the republicanism of Benito Juárez. When these two groups found each other, the Second Mexican Empire was born. Raymond Jonas argues that the Second Mexican Empire, often dismissed as a historical sideshow, is critical to appreciating the globally destabilizing effect of growing US power in the nineteenth century. In 1862, at the behest of Mexican reactionaries and with the initial support of Spain and Britain, Napoleon III of France sent troops into Mexico and installed Austrian archduke Ferdinand Maximilian as an imperial ruler who could resist democracy in North America. But what was supposed to be an easy victory proved a disaster. The French army was routed at the Battle of Puebla, and for the next four years, republican guerrillas bled the would-be empire. When the US Civil War ended, African American troops were dispatched to Mexico to hasten the French withdrawal. Based on research in five languages and in archives across the globe, Habsburgs on the Rio Grande fundamentally revises narratives of global history. Far more than a footnote, the Second Mexican Empire was at the center of world-historic great-power struggles—a point of inflection in a contest for supremacy that set the terms of twentieth-century rivalry.
Habsburgs On The Rio Grande
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Author : Raymond Jonas
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2024
Habsburgs On The Rio Grande written by Raymond Jonas and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with History categories.
Largely forgotten today, the Second Mexican Empire was a transformative nineteenth-century moment. Raymond Jonas explores the conspiracy of European rulers and Mexican conservatives to erect an Old World empire on New World soil. Though quixotic, it was a scheme with a purpose: to contain both Mexican democracy and the rising United States.
The Habsburgs
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Author : Dorothy Gies McGuigan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
The Habsburgs written by Dorothy Gies McGuigan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Habsburg, House of categories.
Personal lives of a royal family that made history for six centuries.
The Realm Of The Habsburgs
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Author : Sidney Whitman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
The Realm Of The Habsburgs written by Sidney Whitman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Austria categories.
Emperor Maximilian I Of Mexico
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-11-08
Emperor Maximilian I Of Mexico written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-08 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts written by Emperor Maximilian and his wife of their lives and reign in Mexico *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Once upon a time, when a Civil War threatened to fracture the US, there was a monarchy south of the Rio Grande. That kingdom was called Mexico. It had a magnificent castle, a beautiful princess and a tall, handsome prince; he was noble and idealistic, he had fire in his heart, but he was weak and gullible. A fool, some would say. One day, when he was still a teenager, he wrote, "Ambition is like the balloonist. To some extent, the rise is nice and he does enjoy a splendid view and a vast landscape. But when he rises more, vertigo occurs, the air becomes thin and the risk of a big fall increases." With this parable, the Austrian Archduke Maximilian of Hapsburg inadvertently predicted the destiny to which he would bravely ride, despite the warnings and the sweet talkers. In any case, he followed his heart ́s mandate. And Charlotte, the princess, was "one of the most cultured and beautiful" in Europe. Since she was a girl she'd known that one day she would become a queen or an empress. When it was first hinted that they would be offered the crown of Mexico, she was 22 and he was 28, and they were surrounded by the intrigue and ambition of their own brothers, who could not wait to have them removed from the picture. So when, three years later, the couple received the official diplomatic mission which affirmed Mexico required their presence, the proposition was like a fairy tale come true. In the imagination of the era, Mexico was the distant paradise described by the great geographer Alexander von Humboldt: thick jungles and forests, steaming volcanoes, copious gold and silver mines, infinite beaches and exotic birds. "The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world," the Prussian explorer had written, and Max believed it in all sincerity and contemplated the adventure with the eyes of his soul. In Mexico, the reality was different from the imagination. It was too late by the time they realized they had been seduced by sirens, specifically the siren sitting upon the throne of France, Napoleon III. The zealous emperor frowned at the expansion of the US and the Protestant, Anglo-Saxon race. But there were also the vast territories of northern Mexico to consider, the gold and silver mines, plus Napoleon ́s vague idea of rebuilding the Latin race and culture in the Americas. With that in mind, he brought two puppets to his global stage, Maximilian and Charlotte, and made sure they were told that the Mexican people would tender unto them a carpet of roses as soon as they saw their royal feet touch their land. In their dreams, Max of Austria and Charlotte of Belgium would become the saviors of the ancient empire of Montezuma, now unable to govern itself, and on the road to self-destruction. But Maximilian was not thinking of conquest and looting, as did his ancestor, Charles I of Spain, but in reconstruction and healing. It is not that he was guilty of arrogance, either. Sending a European monarch to the American continent sounds outrageous these days, but at the time, it was common for the kings of England, Belgium, Greece or Bulgaria to be of other nationalities. Still, Maximilian refused to accept the throne of Mexico until he was shown evidence that the Mexicans agreed. When he was shown a pretend plebiscite, he agreed on the dangerous adventure. The tragedy of Maximilian and Charlotte was romantic and political. In Mexico ́s official history, the one recorded by the winners, they were an affront to independence and a symbol of European arrogance. For the monarchies of Europe, they are a sad and embarrassing memory, because of the abandonment, craftiness and treachery they lived through.
Austrian Information
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Austrian Information written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Austria categories.
Maximilian And Carlota
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Author : M. M. McAllen
language : en
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-08
Maximilian And Carlota written by M. M. McAllen and has been published by Trinity University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-08 with History categories.
In this new telling of Mexico’s Second Empire and Louis Napoléon’s installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium—including forces from Crimea to Egypt—to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico’s Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the Confederacy would prevail and take over Mexico. With both sides distracted in the U.S., this was their opportunity to seize territory in North America. In 1867, with aid from the United States, this movement came to a disastrous end both for the royals and for France while ushering in a new era for Mexico. In a bid to oust Juárez, Mexican conservatives appealed to European leaders to select a monarch to run their country. Maximilian and Carlota’s reign, from 1864 to 1867, was marked from the start by extravagance and ambition and ended with the execution of Maximilian by firing squad, with Carlota on the brink of madness. This epoch moment in the arc of French colonial rule, which spans North American and European history at a critical juncture on both continents, shows how Napoleon III’s failure to save Maximilian disgusted Europeans and sealed his own fate. Maximilian and Carlota offers a vivid portrait of the unusual marriage of Maximilian and Carlota and of international high society and politics at this critical nineteenth-century juncture. This largely unknown era in the history of the Americas comes to life through this colorful telling of the couple’s tragic reign.
A History Of The Habsburg Empire 1526 1918
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Author : Robert A. Kann
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1980-11-26
A History Of The Habsburg Empire 1526 1918 written by Robert A. Kann and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-11-26 with History categories.
Describes, surveys, and discusses the major historical aspects of the Habsburg Empire - diplomatic, political, institutional, socioeconomic, and cultural.
Peoples Of The Eastern Habsburg Lands 1526 1918
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Author : Robert A. Kann
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2016-06-01
Peoples Of The Eastern Habsburg Lands 1526 1918 written by Robert A. Kann and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-01 with History categories.
The Peoples of the Eastern Habsburg Lands, 1526-1918
From The Habsburgs To Central Europe
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Author : Arnold Suppan
language : en
Publisher: Lit Verlag
Release Date : 2008
From The Habsburgs To Central Europe written by Arnold Suppan and has been published by Lit Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The Centers for Austrian Studies, founded by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research since the 1970s play an important role for the Austrian Scientific Community. Their tasks are to promote Austrian and Central European Studies in their host nations and to give Austrian students the possibility to conduct research aboard and to get in touch with local colleagues. This anthology contains a description of the Institution's history and current status as well as the working papers of their present PhD students. Their research covers a period from the 17th to the middle of the 20th century.