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

• Autore: Barr Juliana
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.4004/97
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Texas Foreign relations History 18th century; Texas History To 1846
• 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: Revising the standard narrative of European-Indian relations in America, Juliana Barr reconstructs a world in which Indians were the dominant power and Europeans were the ones forced to accommodate, resist, and persevere.
• Titolo autorizzato: Peace came in the form of a woman
• ISBN: 1-4696-0470-1; 0-8078-6773-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780982303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II