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

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"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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: DeLay, Brian, 1971- (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, ©2008.
Collection:Lamar series in western history.
Sujets:
1800 - 1899
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Indians.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Mexico, North.
Indians of North America > Wars > Mexican-American Border Region.
Indians of North America > Wars > Mexico, North.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Peuples autochtones.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Mexique (Nord)
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Ethnic relations
Indians
Indians of North America > Wars
Mexican-American Border Region > History, Military > 19th century.
Mexico, North > History, Military > 19th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Mexico, North > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Histoire militaire > 19e siècle.
Mexique (Nord) > Histoire militaire > 19e siècle.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mexique (Nord) > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 19e siècle.
North Mexico
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
dissertations.
History
Military history
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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