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001 2013043970
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005 20150819075305.0
008 131109s2014 txuab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2013043970
020 $a9781595341839 (hardback)
020 $z9781595341853 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aF1233.M45$bA49 2014
082 00 $a972/.07092$aB$223
084 $aHIS025000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aAmberson, Mary Margaret McAllen.
245 10 $aMaximilian and Carlota :$bEurope's last empire in Mexico /$cM. M. McAllen.
264 1 $aSan Antonio, Texas :$bTrinity University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axii, 521 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 411-509) and index.
520 $a"In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napoléon's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium-including forces from Crimea to Egypt-to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico's Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the Confederacy would prevail and take over Mexico. With both sides distracted in the U.S., this was their opportunity to seize territory in North America. In 1867, with aid from the United States, this movement came to a disastrous end both for the royals and for France while ushering in a new era for Mexico. In a bid to oust Juárez, Mexican conservatives appealed to European leaders to select a monarch to run their country. Maximilian and Carlota's reign, from 1864 to 1867, was marked from the start by extravagance and ambition and ended with the execution of Maximilian by firing squad, with Carlota on the brink of madness. This epoch moment in the arc of French colonial rule, which spans North American and European history at a critical juncture on both continents, shows how Napoleon III's failure to save Maximilian disgusted Europeans and sealed his own fate. Maximilian and Carlota offers a vivid portrait of the unusual marriage of Maximilian and Carlota and of international high society and politics at this critical nineteenth-century juncture. This largely unknown era in the history of the Americas comes to life through this colorful telling of the couple's tragic reign. "--$cProvided by publisher.
600 00 $aMaximilian,$cEmperor of Mexico,$d1832-1867.
600 00 $aCarlota,$cEmpress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico,$d1840-1927.
651 0 $aMexico$xHistory$yEuropean intervention, 1861-1867.
650 0 $aEmperors$zMexico$vBiography.
650 0 $aEmpresses$zMexico$vBiography.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Latin America / Mexico.$2bisacsh