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The U.S.–Mexican War: Visualizing Contested Spaces From Parlor To Battlefield, Erika Pazian
The U.S.–Mexican War: Visualizing Contested Spaces From Parlor To Battlefield, Erika Pazian
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The U.S.-Mexican War[1] (1846-1848) was a watershed event that transformed the North American continent politically, socially, and ideologically. With the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, Mexico lost approximately half of its national territory in the north, and the United States acquired the modern states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, and portions of Colorado and Wyoming. Both nations were plagued by internal conflicts after the war, and each was plunged into civil war within fifteen years of its conclusion.
During this time of turmoil, Mexican and U.S. artists created and recreated myriad images …