Indians, Alcohol & the Road to Taos & Santa Fe /

Santa Fe Trail Association Award of MeritIn the culture of the American West, images abound of Indians drunk on the white man's firewater, a historical stereotype William Unrau has explored in two previous books. His latest study focuses on how federally-developed roads from Missouri to norther...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unrau, William E., 1929-2016
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prohibition.
Liquor industry.
Indians of North America > Social conditions.
Indians of North America > Alcohol use.
Indians of North America.
Indian roads.
Indiens d'Amerique > États-Unis (Ouest) > Conditions sociales.
Indians of North America > Alcohol use > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Social conditions.
Liquor industry > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Prohibition > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Indian roads > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
West United States.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Before Becknell; 2. â#x80;#x9C;Vacantâ#x80;#x9D; Land; 3. Cleared Land; 4. Bentonâ#x80;#x99;s Road; 5. Regulation Revisited; 6. Benton Vindicated; 7. On the Upper Arkansas; 8. Tribal Annuities and Bison Robes; 9. Trade Alcohol; 10. Roads Unregulated; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.

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