An edition of A Short Offhand Killing Affair (2001)

A short, offhand, killing affair

soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War

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soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War

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University of North Carolina Press
Language
English
Pages
223

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Subjects

History, Influence, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Military life, Social aspects, Social aspects of Mexican War, 1846-1848, Social conditions, Soldiers, United States, United States. Army, United states, armed forces, history, United states, army, military life, United states, army, history

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United States

Times

19th century, Mexican War, 1846-1848
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Cover of: A short, offhand, killing affair
A short, offhand, killing affair: soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War
2002, University of North Carolina Press
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Cover of: A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair
A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict during the Mexican-American War
December 9, 2001, The University of North Carolina Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.

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Chapel Hill

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.6/28
Library of Congress
E409.2 .F66 2002, 2001059757 [E]

The Physical Object

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223 p. :
Number of pages
223

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OL3956590M
ISBN 10
0807827312, 0807854050
LCCN
2001059757
OCLC/WorldCat
48773809
Library Thing
38825
Goodreads
4915060
532713

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