The Second Seminole War and the limits of American aggression / C.S Monaco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monaco, C. S., 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

Summary:

By examining the Second Seminole War through the lenses of race, Jacksonian democracy, media and public opinion, American expansion, and military strategy, Monaco offers an original perspective on a misunderstood and often-neglected chapter in our history.

Contents:

Part I. Genesis of the war

Treaties and reservations

Seminoles, slaves and Maroons

Part II. War of Indian removal

"It came with the suddenness of the whirlwind"

The United States responds

"Sacrifice of national honor"

The last pitched battles

"Never ending, still beginning war"

Part III. Health, medicine and the environment

Malarial sword and shield

Land of darkness and shadows

Part IV. The war and "the national mind"

Osceola as settler-colonial icon

Bloodhounds, abolitionists and freedom fighters

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4214-2482-7

OCLC:

1028747414