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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Usage Introduction: Keep Close to a Kicking Horse One. Desire among the Ruins: Constructing Mexico in American Travel Discourse Two. The Greatest and Wisest Despot of Modern Times: Porfirio Diaz, American Travelers, and the Politics of Logical Paternalism Three. American Travel Writing and the Problem of Indian Difference Four. The Most Promising Element in Mexican Society: Idealized Mestizaje and the Eradication of Indian Difference Five. Reversals of Fortune: Revolutionary Veracruz and Porfirian Nostalgia Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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