Maximilian, Mexico, and the Invention of Empire

by Kristine Ibsen

In Maximilian, Mexico, and the Invention of Empire, the cultural legacy of the Second Mexican Empire is examined as essential to modern understandings of empire and nation. The Second Empire refers to the brief period (1864-1867) during which Napoleon III sought to consolidate his control in Mexico by installing an Austrian archduke as Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. Far from fading into obscurity upon Maximilian's fall and execution, however,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826516882
• ISBN13: 9780826516886
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"