Format:
Online-Ressource (496 p)
ISBN:
9780300119329
Series Statement:
The Lamar Series in Western History Series
Content:
In the early 1830s, after decades of relative peace, northern Mexicans and the Indians whom they called "the barbarians" descended into a terrifying cycle of violence. For the next fifteen yea
Content:
Contents -- A Note on Names -- Introduction. A Little Door -- Prologue. Easy Stories -- Part One. Neighbors -- ONE: Danger and Community -- TWO: Buffalo-Hide Quiver -- THREE: Plunder and Partners -- FOUR: The Politics of Vengeance -- Part Two. Nations -- FIVE: Indians Don't Unmake Presidents -- SIX: Barbarians and Dearer Enemies -- SEVEN: An Eminently National War? -- EIGHT: How to Make a Desert Smile -- Part Three. Convergence -- NINE: A Trophy of a New Kind in War -- TEN: Polk's Blessing -- Epilogue. Article 11 -- Appendix. Data on Comanche-Mexican Violence, 1831-48 -- Introduction to the Data -- Table and Figures -- Data -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""A Note on Names""; ""Introduction. A Little Door""; ""Prologue. Easy Stories""; ""Part One. Neighbors""; ""ONE: Danger and Community""; ""TWO: Buffalo-Hide Quiver""; ""THREE: Plunder and Partners""; ""FOUR: The Politics of Vengeance""; ""Part Two. Nations""; ""FIVE: Indians Don't Unmake Presidents""; ""SIX: Barbarians and Dearer Enemies""; ""SEVEN: An Eminently National War?""; ""EIGHT: How to Make a Desert Smile""; ""Part Three. Convergence""; ""NINE: A Trophy of a New Kind in War""; ""TEN: Polk's Blessing""; ""Epilogue. Article 11""
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""Appendix. Data on Comanche�Mexican Violence, 1831�48""""Introduction to the Data""; ""Table and Figures""; ""Data""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300150421
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300119329
Additional Edition:
Print version War of a Thousand Deserts : Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War
Language:
English
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