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Frontier crossroads : Fort Davis and the West / Robert Wooster.
Van Pelt Library F394.F63 W654 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wooster, Robert, 1956-
- Series:
- Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 7.
- Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army.
- Race relations.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort)--History.
- Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort).
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Fort Davis (Fort).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Texas--Fort Davis (Fort).
- Community life--Texas--Fort Davis (Fort).
- Community life.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Texas--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Texas.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas.
- Texas--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [College Station] : [Texas A&M University Press], [2006]
- Contents:
- Crossroads of empire
- Agent of empire : the U.S. Army
- Frontier outpost
- Implementation of empire
- Crisis of empire
- Return to the frontier
- Frontier duties
- Frontier empire
- The close of the military frontier
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1. The garrison strength at Fort Davis
- Appendix 2. Ethnic composition of civilians at Fort Davis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-200) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1585444758
- OCLC:
- 60664307
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