Memories and Political Uses of the Guerra de 47 in the Porfiriato Press

This article analyzes the perspective of the Mexican press on the Mexican-American War through a selection of texts published during the Porfiriato, half a century after the conclusion of this armed conflict. The investigation sought to characterize newspapers as valuable sources on the subject and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Rodríguez Ávila, Adán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Bibliographica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.iib.unam.mx:article/330
Acceso en línea:https://bibliographica.iib.unam.mx/index.php/RB/article/view/330
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:History; historiography
Press; Mexico; Porfiriato; commemorations; political instrumentalization
Historia; historiografía
Prensa; México, porfiriato; conmemoraciones; usos políticos
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Sumario:This article analyzes the perspective of the Mexican press on the Mexican-American War through a selection of texts published during the Porfiriato, half a century after the conclusion of this armed conflict. The investigation sought to characterize newspapers as valuable sources on the subject and examine the trends in their content concerning the war. The findings are that the publications aligned with the positions identified in previous historiographical accounts, but were not confined to merely replicating them. Instead, these newspapers acted in accordance with their own political context. The contribution of this paper is the retrieval of commemorations and the utilization of history for political purposes, as well as the study of the press as a means to approach historiography.