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Dear Fellow Historians, Greetings. I am a historian of ancient Greece, researching a paper on the continuing influence of classical Greek and Roman texts in the era of the U.S.-Mexican War. While I have discovered a range of sources documenting the use of ancient classics in U.S. education and political discourse, I have had less success finding evidence about the place of Greek and Roman texts in Mexican discourse of the era. In particular, I would like to know more about the extent to which classical texts and culture were part of nineteenth-century school curricula in Mexico, and whether Mexican writers or leaders employed classical analogies or parallels to describe Mexico's resistance to U.S. imperialism. My colleague Gabriela Soto Laveaga suggested that I write to your list in hopes of finding research leads on these topics. Any advice or bibliographical suggestions you might be able to offer would be most appreciated. You can reach me at: jwilee@history.ucsb.edu. Thank you very much! John Lee ******************** John W.I. Lee Associate Professor Department of History Mail Code 9410 University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9410 tel: DISCONNECTED DUE TO UC BUDGET CUTS fax: 805.893.8795 jwilee@history.ucsb.edu My office telephone has been cut off as of August 1, 2009. Messages may be left at the History main office: 805.893.2991. ******************* The narrowness which would limit the study of antiquity to fireside perusal of a few great authors, is so easy and seductive an error, that few are conscious of its narrowness. --W.M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (London, 1890), 5.
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