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

Barr, Juliana.

Peace came in the form of a woman : Indians and Spaniards in the Texas borderlands / Juliana Barr. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007. - xi, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-388) and index.

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 allianc

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.

Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize, 2007

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To 1846


Indians of North America--History--Texas--18th century.
Indian captivities--History--Texas--18th century.
Spaniards--History--Texas--18th century.
Missions, Spanish--History--Texas--18th century.
Women and peace--History--Texas--18th century.
Women--Social conditions--Texas--18th century.
Diplomacy--History--18th century.
Prisonniers des Peuples autochtones--Histoire--Texas--
Espagnols--Histoire--Texas--
Missions espagnoles--Histoire--Texas--
Femmes et paix--Histoire--Texas--
Femmes--Conditions sociales--Texas--
Diplomatie--Histoire--
Diplomacy
Indian captivities
Indians of North America
Missions, Spanish
Spaniards
Women and peace
Women--Social conditions
Indians of North America--History.--Texas
------pouvoir--sexe (genre)--18e s.--Texas (Etats-Unis)--17e s. (fin)


Texas--History--To 1846.
Texas--Histoire--
Texas
United States, Texas--Indigenous peoples--History.
United States, Texas--Minorities--History.


History

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