Peace came in the form of a woman : Indians and Spaniards in the Texas borderlands / Juliana Barr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barr, Juliana.

Contributor:

William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Texas--History--18th century.

Indians of North America.

Indian captivities--Texas--History--18th century.

Indian captivities.

Spaniards--Texas--History--18th century.

Spaniards.

Missions, Spanish--Texas--History--18th century.

Missions, Spanish.

Women and peace--Texas--History--18th century.

Women and peace.

Women--Texas--Social conditions--18th century.

Women.

Diplomacy--Texas--History--18th century.

Diplomacy.

Texas--History--To 1846.

Texas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 norteno manhood : the road to truce and treaty

Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality.

Notes:

"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-388) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908769-1-1

979-88-9313-152-9

1-4696-0470-1

0-8078-6773-X

OCLC:

609329278