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The Heart of Mexico: Politics, Religion, War (Cloud, 1898)

W. F. Cloud · 1898

An 1898 lecture pamphlet by W. F. Cloud, a broad polemic against Spain in which Juárez is one of several subjects.

Mentions Juárez within a broader American lecture on Mexican politics, showing how he was discussed abroad in the 1890s.

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The Heart of Mexico: Politics, Religion, War (Cloud, 1898)
W. F. Cloud, The Heart of Mexico: Politics, Religion, War, 1898. Scanned pamphlet, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a 36-page pamphlet from 1898 titled The Heart of Mexico: Politics, Religion, War, with the subtitle Spain and Her Methods Overthrown. It is a lecture by W. F. Cloud of Kansas City, Missouri, who describes himself on the title page as a veteran of the Mexican War and a colonel of Kansas regiments. The copy in the Library of Congress was registered for copyright in 1898. The record lists Juárez as one of its subjects, but he is only one part of a wider argument.

Why it matters

The pamphlet shows how American writers at the end of the nineteenth century discussed Mexico, its politics and religion, and the role of Spain. Juárez appears in it as part of a larger argument about Mexican history, so it reveals as much about the author's views and his audience as about Juárez himself.

Look closer

  • Why would a lecture about Mexico be titled with words like Politics, Religion and War?
  • What does the author's military service suggest about the perspective he brings to Mexican history?
  • Which parts of Mexican history and its people does the opening passage leave out?

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