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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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Autore: Foos Paul <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: A short, offhand, killing affair [[electronic resource] ] : soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War / / Paul Foos Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
Disciplina: 973.6/28
Soggetto topico: Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Social aspects
Soldiers - United States - Social conditions - 19th century
Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Influence
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: A short, offhand, killing affair  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908739-2-7
0-8078-6200-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780366003321
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