Open Borders to a Revolution: Culture, Politics, and Migration [Hardcover]

Open Borders to a Revolution is a collective enterprise studying the immediate and long-lasting effects of the Mexican Revolution in the United States in such spheres as diplomacy, politics, and intellectual thought. It marks both the bicentennial of Latin America’s independence from Spain and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, an anniversary with significant relevance for American history. The Smithsonian partnered with several institutions and organized a series of cultural events, among them an academic symposium whose program was envisioned and developed by the editors of this volume: Creating an Archetype: The Influence of the Mexican Revolution in the United States. The symposium gathered scholars who engaged in conversation and debate on several aspects of U.S.-Mexico relations, including the Mexican-American experience. This volume consolidates the results of those intellectual exchanges, adding new voices, and providing a wide-ranging exploration of the Mexican Revolution.Jaime Marroquín Arredondo is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at The George Washington University (Washington, D.C.). He obtained his PhD in Hispanic Literatures at the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked with Uruguayan poet Enrique Fierro. He is the author ofLa Historia de los Prejuicios en América. La Conquista(2007). He just finished a new book,Describing Anahuac: the American Beginnings of Modernity(1492–1590), along with its Spanish version,Los Diálogos de Cristo y la Serpiente Quetzal: México y los Inicios de la Modernidad(1492–1590) (both forthcoming) which is about the Spanish description of American nature at the time of their conquest of La Española and Mexico.

Adela Pineda Franco is an Associate Professor of Spanish American literature in Department of Romance Studies and the Latin American Studies Program at Boston University. Her research interests focus on nineteenth- and twel£)