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1 online resource (xi, 397 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-388) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Texas -- History -- 18th century.
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Indian captivities -- Texas -- History -- 18th century.
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Spaniards -- Texas -- History -- 18th century.
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Missions, Spanish -- Texas -- History -- 18th century.
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Women and peace -- Texas -- History -- 18th century.
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Women -- Texas -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Diplomacy -- History -- 18th century.
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Texas -- History -- To 1846.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1846 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barr, Juliana. Peace came in the form of a woman. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007 (DLC) 2006027686 (OCoLC)71146367 |
| ISBN |
9780807867730 (electronic bk.) |
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080786773X (electronic bk.) |
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9781469604701 (electronic bk.) |
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1469604701 (electronic bk.) |
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9780807830826 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0807830828 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780807857908 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0807857904 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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