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Torn Asunder: Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexico, 1848-1867

Name: Torn Asunder: Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexico, 1848-1867
Brand: University of North Carolina Press
SKU: 9781469689081
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Contributors:

Erika Pani

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

United States, Cultural & Ethnic Studies

Book Topic:

19th Century, American

Series:

The David J. Weber the New Borderlands History

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Release Date:

9/23/2025

ISBN 13:

9781469689081

Weight:

1.09 lbs

Size:

9.21 x 6.14 x 0.79 inches

Pages:

352

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In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and dramatically reshaped North American geopolitics by ceding half of Mexico's territory to the United States. In the following decades, as conflicts over slavery in the United States and over the nature of nation, state, and religion in Mexico overwhelmed politics, both republics collapsed into civil war. In Mexico, internal conflict sparked foreign intervention and the establishment of monarchical rule under an Austrian prince, while across the border, eleven Southern states seceded from the union to establish a republic founded on slavery and white supremacy.

Erika Pani's Torn Asunder weaves these two tales of crisis, war, and political experimentation into a single story. Pani argues that by consecrating these episodes as epic and exceptionalist chapters in both nations' histories, scholars have overlooked the coincidences and connections between the United States and Mexico. She chronicles the ways in which, between 1848 and 1867, politicians from the two nations tested different formulas, reacted to virulent opposition, sedition, and war, and ultimately attempted to unite deeply divided countries. Torn Asunder highlights the fragile, contentious, and unpredictable nature of politics in the Americas, rooted in the inherent instability of popular sovereignty.

About the Author
Erika Pani is research professor at Centro de Estudios Históricos, El Colegio de México.

Torn Asunder: Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexico, 1848-1867

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