Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire
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Jason Ruiz., & Jason Ruiz|AUTHOR. (2014). Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire . University of Texas Press.

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