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Author Foos, Paul, 1959-

Title A short, offhand, killing affair [electronic resource] : soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War / Paul Foos.

Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 223 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3 -- 1 The Regular Army and Antebellum Labor: Service and Servitude 13 -- 2 Citizens' Militias in the United States 31 -- 3 Volunteer Excitement among the Masses 45 -- 4 Forced to Volunteer: The Politics of Compulsion 61 -- 5 Discipline and Desertion in Mexico 83 -- 6 Atrocity: The Wage of Manifest Destiny 113 -- 7 Dreams of Conquest and the Limits of the White Man's Democracy 139 -- 8 Free Soil and the Heritage of the Citizen-Soldier 155.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject United States. Army -- History -- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Social aspects.
Soldiers -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Influence.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0807827312 (alk. paper)
0807854050 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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