Blood in the Borderlands [[electronic resource] ] : Conflict, Kinship, and the Bent Family, 1821–1920 / / David C. Beyreis

• Autore: Beyreis David C.
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 978/.02092; B
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.); Businessmen - United States
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) History; West (U.S.) Biography
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Into the West : the Bents and St. Vrain to 1834 -- Marriage, business, and diplomacy in the Great Plains : William Bent and his family, 1834-1846 -- Marriage, business, and diplomacy in New Mexico : Charles Bent and his family, 1834-1846 -- Collapse : the final days of Bent, St. Vrain and Company, 1846-1849 -- Fifty-niners, freighters, and school children : the Bent family, 1849-1861 -- The road to Sand Creek : William Bent and his family, 1861-1865 -- War, diplomacy, and land grants : the Bent family, 1865-1869 -- Reservations, ranches, and respectability : the Bent family, 1869-1920 -- Conclusion: Contesting the memory of the Bent family.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Blood in the Borderlands traces the story of the Bent family from the fur trade days of the 1820s to the death of William Bent in 1869, exploring how one family lived and negotiated within shifting economic and political alliances among multinational and multiracial interests"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Blood in the Borderlands
• ISBN: 1-4962-2205-9; 1-4962-2203-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910793906803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II