MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01771cam a2200313 a 4500
001 2001059757
003 DLC
005 20050607114408.0
008 011226s2002 ncuab b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2001059757
020 $a0807827312 (alk. paper)
020 $a0807854050 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aE409.2$b.F66 2002
082 00 $a973.6/28$221
100 1 $aFoos, Paul,$d1959-
245 12 $aA short, offhand, killing affair :$bsoldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War /$cPaul Foos.
260 $aChapel Hill :$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$cc2002.
300 $a223 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xHistory$yMexican War, 1846-1848.
650 0 $aMexican War, 1846-1848$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xMilitary life$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMexican War, 1846-1848$xInfluence.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/unc041/2001059757.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2001059757.html