Michel Gobat, Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America (Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2018), pp. 367, £28.95, hb.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022216x20000814
Abstract: cinema’, which identifies a multi-layered consciousness in the works of exiled or displaced filmmakers, in order to argue that Vázquez’s films are both part of the politically engaged New Latin American Cinema, and personal reflections… read more here.
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Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America by Michel Gobat (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/soh.2019.0110
Abstract: this work does serve an informative purpose for a reading public as popular history, but it will not often appear shelved in academic offices. Instead, many will rely on T. R. Fehrenbach’s Lone Star: A… read more here.
Keywords: walker manifest; manifest destiny; william walker; invitation william ... See more keywords