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03960aam a2200529 i 4500 001 EC8515CE939111E7A673E95E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20170907010029 008 170217t20172017mauab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017006231 020 $a 0674972341 020 $a 9780674972346 035 $a (OCoLC)975998302 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c HLS $d DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n------ $a n-mx--- $a n------ 050 00 $a E404 $b .G83 2017 082 00 $a 973.6/2 $2 23 100 1 $a Guardino, Peter F., $d 1963- $e author. 245 14 $a The dead march : $b a history of the Mexican-American War / $c Peter Guardino. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a 502 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a The bloody 1846-1848 war between the United States and Mexico filled out the shape of the continental United States, forcing Mexico to recognize its loss of Texas and give up the rest of what became the Southwestern United States. Generally people argue that the United States won this war because unlike Mexico it was already a unified nation that commanded the loyalty of its citizens. Focusing on the vivid experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians, both Americans and Mexicans, The Dead March reveals something very different. The United States won not because it was more unified but instead because it was much wealthier. Both Americans and Mexicans had complicated relationships with their nations, relationships entangled with their commitments to their religions, their neighbors, and their families. The war's events, both on the grand scale of the conflict between nations and the more intimate scale of campaigns and battles, cannot be understood without probing this social and cultural history. Politicians could not simply conjure up armies, and generals could not manipulate units as if their members were chess pieces without ideas or attitudes. This book also uses the war to compare the two countries as they existed in 1846. The results of this comparison are quite startling. The United States and Mexico were much more alike than they were different, and both nations were still in the tumultuous and often violent process of constituting themselves. What separated them was not some fabled American unity or democracy but the very real economic advantages of the United States.-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a No honest man can be destined for military service -- We're the boys for Mexico -- Waging war like a civilized nation -- Mexico's citizen soldiers -- Guerilla campaign -- Defending the Valley of Mexico -- Bloodshed and brutality -- Ashamed of my country -- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 611 27 $a Mexican War (1846-1848) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01019173 650 0 $a Mexican War, 1846-1848. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y To 1865. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y To 1865. 651 0 $a Mexico $x Economic conditions $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Mexico $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 651 0 $a North America $x Regional disparities. $y 19th century $x Regional disparities. 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Economic history $x Regional disparities. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352853 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 651 7 $a Mexico. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01211700 651 7 $a North America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242475 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a To 1899 $2 fast 941 $a 5 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717030626.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710035434.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022553.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211015758.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20181115010845.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EC8515CE939111E7A673E95E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search