{"product_id":"informal-empire-robert-d-aguirre-9780816645008","title":"Informal Empire: Mexico and Central America in Victorian Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eBehind the ancient artifacts exhibited in our museums lies a secret past--of travel, desire, the quest for knowledge, and even theft. Such is the case with the objects of Mesoamerican culture so avidly collected, cataloged, and displayed by the British in the nineteenth century. \u003ci\u003eInformal Empire\u003c\/i\u003e recaptures the history of those artifacts from Mexico and Central America that stirred Victorian interest--a history that reveals how such objects and the cultures they embodied were incorporated into British museum collections, panoramas, freak shows, adventure novels, and records of imperial administrators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert D. Aguirre draws on a wealth of previously untapped historical information to show how the British colonial experience in Africa and the Near East gave rise to an \"informal imperialism\" in Mexico and Central America. Aguirre's work helps us to understand what motivated the British to beg, borrow, buy, and steal from peripheral cultures they did not govern. With its original insights, \u003ci\u003eInformal Empire\u003c\/i\u003e points to a new way of thinking about British imperialism and, more generally, about the styles and forms of imperialism itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert D. Aguirre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816645000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816645008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.04w x 0.49d","brand":"Robert D. Aguirre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44598254403839,"sku":"9780816645008","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fe81423-36e7-460a-aa63-0d5af5710516.jpg?v=1702381468","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/informal-empire-robert-d-aguirre-9780816645008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}