Buffalo soldiers in the West : a Black soldiers anthology / / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles

• Pubblicazione: College Station, Tex., : Texas A&M University Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 319 p
• Disciplina: 973.8
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century; African Americans - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century; African American soldiers - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century; African American soldiers - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century; African American soldiers - West (U.S.); Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Race relations; West (U.S.) History 1860-1890; West (U.S.) History 1890-1945
• Altri autori: GlasrudBruce A SearlesMichael N. <1942->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Western Black soldiers since The Buffalo Soldiers : a review of the literature / Bruce A. Glasrud -- Fort Riley's Black soldiers and the Army's changing role in the West, 1867-85 / William A. Dobak -- William R. Shafter, Black troops, and the opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870-75 / Paul H. Carlson -- Buffalo soldier chaplains of the old West / Alan K. Lamm -- "Dress on the colors, boys!" Black noncommissioned officers in the regular Army, 1866-98 / Douglas C. McChristian -- Cathay Williams : Black woman soldier, 1866-68 / DeAnne Blanton -- One soldier's service : Caleb Benson in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, 1875-1908 / Thomas R. Buecker -- The court-martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper : an example of Black-White relationships in the Army, 1881 / Bruce J. Dinges -- The Black Seminole Indian scouts in the Big Bend / Thomas A. Britten -- Black soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-69 : a study in civilian and military violence / James N. Leiker -- Black soldiers on the White frontier : some factors influencing race relations / Frank N. Schubert -- Rio Grande City : prelude to the Brownsville raid / Garna L. Christian -- The Houston riot of 1917, revisited / C. Calvin Smith -- Improbable ambassadors : Black soldiers at Fort Douglas, 1896-99 / Michael J. Clark -- Putting the army on wheels : the story of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Bicycle Corps / Charles M. Dollar -- The Black soldier-athlete in the U.S. Army, 1890-1916 / Marvin E. Fletcher -- Community building on the border : the role of the Twenty-fourth Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-22 / Horace Daniel Nash -- Buffalo soldiers : a bibliography / Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. This book focuses on the careers and accomplishments of these soldiers, the lives they developed, and the discrimination they faced.
• Titolo autorizzato: Buffalo soldiers in the West
• ISBN: 1-299-05223-1; 1-60344-449-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822675303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II