Indian Wars of Canada, Mexico and the United States, 1812-1900

Name: Indian Wars of Canada, Mexico and the United States, 1812-1900
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ISBN: 9780415224710

ISBN-10: 0415224713

ISBN-13: 9780415224710

Edition: 2005 (Annotated)

Authors: Bruce Vandervort

List price: $155.00

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Drawing on anthropology and ethnohistory as well as the 'new military history' Indian Wars of Mexico, Canada and the United States, 1812-1900 interprets and compares the way Indians and European Americans waged wars in Canada, Mexico, the USA and Yucatn during the nineteenth century.Fully illustrated with sixteen maps, detailing key Indian settlements and crucial battles, Bruce Vandervort rescues the New World Indian Wars from their exclusion from mainstream military history, and reveals how they are an integral part of global history.Indian Wars of Mexico, Canada and the United States:* provides a thorough examination of the strategies and tactics of resistance employed by Indian peoples…

Book details

List price: $155.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/13/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 18
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.49" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Bruce Vandervort is Associate Professor of Modern European and African History, Virginia Military Institute.



List of maps


Preface





Introduction



Worlds in motion



The New World in a century of small wars



World views and fighting faiths



Chiefs and warriors





Introduction



The 'Great Clearance', 1815-42



Indian wars in Mexico, 1821-76



War on the plains, 1848-77



Conquest of Apacheria, 1860-86



War on the Canadian prairies, 1870-85



Indian was of the Porfiriato, 1876-1900


Conclusion: Long shadows


Notes


Bibliography


Index