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War of a thousand deserts : Indian raids and the U.S.-Mexican War /

"Exploring Mexican, American, and Indian sources ranging from diplomatic correspondence and congressional debates to captivity narratives and plains Indians' pictorial calendars, War of a Thousand Deserts recovers the surprising and previously unrecognized ways in which economic, cultural,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeLay, Brian, 1971- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, ©2008.
Colección:Lamar series in western history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A little door
  • Prologue: Easy stories
  • PART 1. NEIGHBORS: 1. Danger and community ; 2. Buffalo-hide quiver ; 3. Plunder and partners ; 4. The politics of vengeance
  • PART 2. NATIONS: 5. Indians don't unmake Presidents ; 6. Barbarians and dearer enemies ; 7. An eminently National War? ; 8. How to make a desert smile
  • PART 3. CONVERGENCE: 9. A trophy of a new kind in war : 10. Polk's blessing
  • Epilogue: Article 11.