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Author:

Barr, Juliana.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xi, 397 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Texas--History--18th century.
Indian captivities--Texas--History--18th century.
Spaniards--Texas--History--18th century.
Missions, Spanish--Texas--History--18th century.
Women and peace--Texas--History--18th century.
Women--Texas--Social conditions--18th century.
Diplomacy--Texas--History--18th century.
Texas--History--To 1846

Other Authors:

William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.

Notes:

"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University" Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-388) and index.

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 norteño manhood : the road to truce and treaty -- Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality.

ISBN:

0807857904 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807857908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807830828 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807830826 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71146367

LCCN:

2006027686

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)