A Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War-Era

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From 1845 to 1865 the Gulf of Mexico was at the center of American expansion and southern imperialism. A Continuous State of War tells the story of communities and countries to uncover the way that that wars within the upper rim of the Gulf of Mexico facilitated American and southern attempts to conquer Latin American nations.

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From 1845 to 1865 the Gulf of Mexico was at the center of American expansion and southern imperialism. A Continuous State of War tells the story of several communities, such as Galveston, New Orleans, and Pensacola as well as countries such as Mexico and Cuba to uncover the way that that wars within the upper rim of the Gulf of Mexico facilitated American and southern attempts to conquer Latin American nations. In the push for westward expansion that preceded the Civil War, white southerners along with other Americans engaged in violent conquest in Latin America and the American West. Through the wars that are chronicled here, white southern concepts of race became more rigidly fixed. Maria Angela Diaz covers several conflicts leading up to the Civil War with Mexicans, Cubans, and Native Americans. She places the Civil War within this framework and follows the trajectory of relations with Latin America through the end of the Civil War and ex-Confederates' attempts to emigrate abroad. Gulf Coast communities facilitated both the physical efforts to seize territory and the construction of the highly racialized imperialist ideas that reimagined Latin America as a region that could secure the South's future. Yet the pursuit of that territory created a fluctuating and uncertain situation that shaped the choices of the diverse peoples who lived along the upper rim of the Gulf of Mexico in ways they did not expect.

Author Biography

Maria Angela Diaz is assistant professor of history at Utah State University.

Review

By pulling together such a rich and multitextured history, A Continuous State of War offers an original and valuable analysis of the complicated ways in which race, movement, and geopolitics intersected to shape the history of the Gulf and the United States' understandings of empire during the Civil War Era." - Brian Schoen author of The Fragile Fabric of Union: Cotton, Federal Politics, and the Global Origins of the Civil War."This is a welcome partially narrative history of the role of the Gulf South in U.S. territorial expansion after 1836 that will appeal to college teachers looking for a readable volume on territorial expansion for upper division and graduate courses in history. . . . I've read a great deal about international relations during the Civil War, but this analysis stands out." - Amy S. Greenberg, author of Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk

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An exploration of the ways that violent conflict and racism evolved in the years surrounding the Civil War

Details ISBN0820366498 Author Maria Angela Diaz Pages 277 Publisher University of Georgia Press Series UnCivil Wars Series Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780820366494 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-15 Imprint University of Georgia Press Subtitle Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War-Era Gulf South Place of Publication Georgia Country of Publication United States Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2024-04-15 DEWEY 973.73 Illustrations 1 illustration ISBN-10 0820366498 UK Release Date 2024-04-15 We've got this

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