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Peace Came in the Form of a Woman : Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands /

Revising the standard narrative of European-Indian relations in America, Juliana Barr reconstructs a world in which Indians were the dominant power and Europeans were the ones forced to accommodate, resist, and persevere.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barr, Juliana
Autor Corporativo: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. Turn-of-the-century beginnings, 1680s-1720s
  • 1. Diplomatic ritual in the "land of the Tejas"
  • 2. Political kinship through settlement and marriage
  • pt. 2. From contact to conversion : bridging religion and politics, 1720s-1760s
  • 3. Civil alliance and "civility" in mission-presidio complexes
  • 4. Negotiating fear with violence : Apaches and Spaniards at midcentury
  • pt. 3. New codes of war and peace, 1760s-1780s
  • 5. Contests and alliances of norteño manhood : the road to truce and treaty
  • 6. Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.