Mexican/USA Border Travels “Mexico, Cuba, USA: Rhetoric of Empire, Nation, and Ideology in 19th Century Travel Writing” Thursday, June 21, 2001    8:00am-10:00am Science B, Room 135

Presenter Affiliation Country Presentation Title Raúl Fernández, Chair Raúl Fernández Univ. of California- Irvine USA “Mexico, Cuba, USA: Rhetoric of Empire, Nation, and Ideology in 19th Century Travel Writing.” Oliver Berghof, Commentator California State Univ.- San Marcos USA “Mexico, Cuba, USA: Rhetoric of Empire, Nation, and Ideology in 19th Century Travel Writing.” Gema Guevara Univ. of Utah USA “Geographies of Empire and Nation: Mid-Nineteenth Century American and Cuban Travel Writing.” Gilbert Gómez González Univ. of California- Irvine USA “The Ideology of Empire: Constructing a Transnational 'Mexican Problem'.”