War of a Thousand Deserts Indian Raids and the U. S. -Mexican War

Name: War of a Thousand Deserts Indian Raids and the U. S. -Mexican War
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ISBN: 9780300158373

ISBN-10: 0300158378

ISBN-13: 9780300158373

Edition: 2010

Authors: Brian DeLay

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In the early 1830s, after decades of relative peace, northern Mexicans and the Indians whom they called "the barbarians" descended into a terrifying cycle of violence. For the next fifteen years, owing in part to changes unleashed by American expansion, Indian warriors launched devastating attacks across ten Mexican states. Raids and counter-raids claimed thousands of lives, ruined much of northern Mexico's economy, depopulated its countryside, and left man-made "deserts" in place of thriving settlements. Just as important, this vast interethnic war informed and emboldened U.S. arguments in favor of seizing Mexican territory while leaving northern Mexicans too divided, exhausted, and…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 11/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



A Note on Names


Introduction. A Little Door


Prologue. Easy Stories



Neighbors



Danger and Community



Buffalo-Hide Quiver



Plunder and Partners



The Politics of Vengeance



Nations



Indians Don't Unmake Presidents



Barbarians and Dearer Enemies



An Eminently National War?



How to Make a Desert Smile



Convergence



A Trophy of a New Kind in War



Polk's Blessing


Epilogue. Article 11


Appendix. Data on Comanche-Mexican Violence, 1831-48


Introduction to the Data


Table and Figures


Data


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index