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Author Unrau, William E., 1929-2016.

Title Indians, alcohol, and the roads to Taos and Santa Fe / William E. Unrau
Published Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Before Becknell; 2. â#x80;#x9C;Vacantâ#x80;#x9D; Land; 3. Cleared Land; 4. Bentonâ#x80;#x99;s Road; 5. Regulation Revisited; 6. Benton Vindicated; 7. On the Upper Arkansas; 8. Tribal Annuities and Bison Robes; 9. Trade Alcohol; 10. Roads Unregulated; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Summary Santa Fe Trail Association Award of MeritIn the culture of the American West, images abound of Indians drunk on the white man's firewater, a historical stereotype William Unrau has explored in two previous books. His latest study focuses on how federally-developed roads from Missouri to northern New Mexico facilitated the diffusion of both spirits and habits of over-drinking within Native American cultures. Unrau investigates how it came about that distilled alcohol, designated illegal under penalty of federal fines and imprisonment as a trade item for Indian people, was nevertheless easily obt
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indian roads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
Prohibition -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
Liquor industry -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Social conditions
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
Indians of North America -- Alcohol use -- West (U.S.)
Indian roads
Indians of North America
Indians of North America -- Alcohol use
Indians of North America -- Social conditions
Liquor industry
Prohibition
SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
Subject West United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780700623655
0700623655