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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456426303321

Autore

Barr Juliana

Titolo

Peace came in the form of a woman [[electronic resource] ] : Indians and Spaniards in the Texas borderlands / / Juliana Barr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2007

ISBN

1-4696-0470-1

0-8078-6773-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Disciplina

976.4004/97

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Texas - History - 18th century

Indian captivities - Texas - History - 18th century

Spaniards - Texas - History - 18th century

Missions, Spanish - Texas - History - 18th century

Women and peace - Texas - History - 18th century

Women - Texas - Social conditions - 18th century

Diplomacy - Texas - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Texas History To 1846

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-388) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Diplomatic ritual in the "land of the Tejas" -- Political kinship through settlement and marriage -- Civil alliance and "civility" in mission-presidio complexes -- Negotiating fear with violence : Apaches and Spaniards at midcentury -- Contests and alliances of norteño manhood : the road to truce and treaty -- Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality.

Sommario/riassunto

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