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Autore |
Foos Paul <1959-> |
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A short, offhand, killing affair [[electronic resource] ] : soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War / / Paul Foos |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908739-2-7 |
0-8078-6200-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Social aspects |
Soldiers - United States - Social conditions - 19th century |
Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Influence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3 -- 1 The Regular Army and Antebellum Labor: Service and Servitude 13 -- 2 Citizens' Militias in the United States 31 -- 3 Volunteer Excitement among the Masses 45 -- 4 Forced to Volunteer: The Politics of Compulsion 61 -- 5 Discipline and Desertion in Mexico 83 -- 6 Atrocity: The Wage of Manifest Destiny 113 -- 7 Dreams of Conquest and the Limits of the White Man's Democracy 139 -- 8 Free Soil and the Heritage of the Citizen-Soldier 155. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Mexican-American War found Americans on new terrain. A republic founded on the principle of defending freedom was now going to war on behalf of maifest destiny to conquer another nation. Through primary accounts of the soldiers and the war, Foos examines its effect on America. |
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