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Author:

Wooster, Robert, 1956-

Title:

Frontier crossroads : Fort Davis and the West / Robert Wooster.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xii, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort)--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--Fort Davis (Fort)--Fort Davis (Fort)
Community life--Fort Davis (Fort)--Fort Davis (Fort)
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
Texas--Social life and customs--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas.
Texas--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-200) and index.

Contents:

Crossroads of empire -- Agent of empire : the U.S. Army -- Frontier outpost -- Implementation of empire -- Crisis of empire -- Return to the frontier -- Frontier duties -- Frontier empire -- The close of the military frontier -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. The garrison strength at Fort Davis -- Appendix 2. Ethnic composition of civilians at Fort Davis.

Series:

Canseco-Keck history series no. 7

ISBN:

9781585444755
1585444758 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60664307

LCCN:

2005016482

Locations:

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