Indian wars of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, 1812-1900
By: By Bruce Vandervort.
Series: Warfare and history
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1812-1815; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1815-1875; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895; United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Canada -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Worlds in motion; title: The new world in a century of small wars; title: Worldviews and fighting faiths; title: Chiefs and warriors; title: Prologue to narrative : from peripheral flux to national consolidation; title: The great clearance, 1815-48; title: Indian wars in Mexico, 1821-76; title: War on the plains, 1848-77; title: Conquest of Apacheria, 1860-86; title: War on the Canadian prairies, 1870-85; title: Indian wars of the Porfiriato, 1876-1900; title: Conclusion: The long shadow.