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

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 397 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Turn-of-the-century beginnings, 1680s-1720s -- 1. Diplomatic ritual in the "land of the Tejas" -- 2. Political kinship through settlement and marriage -- pt. 2. From contact to conversion : bridging religion and politics, 1720s-1760s -- 3. Civil alliance and "civility" in mission-presidio complexes -- 4. Negotiating fear with violence : Apaches and Spaniards at midcentury -- pt. 3. New codes of war and peace, 1760s-1780s -- 5. Contests and alliances of norteño manhood : the road to truce and treaty -- 6. Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Revising the standard narrative of European-Indian relations in America, Juliana Barr reconstructs a world in which Indians were the dominant power and Europeans were the ones forced to accommodate, resist, and persevere Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-388) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record 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 -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. Diplomacy Indian captivities Indians of North America Missions, Spanish Spaniards Women and peace Women -- Social conditions amérindien (peuple) -- Espagnol à l'étranger (peuple) -- parenté -- pouvoir -- sexe (genre) -- Texas (Etats-Unis) -- 17e s. (fin) -- 18e s. SUBJECT Texas -- History -- To 1846. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134262 Subject Texas Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies. LC no. 2006027686 ISBN 9780807867730 080786773X 9781469604701 1469604701

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