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Author Bjork, Katharine

Title Prairie Imperialists : the Indian Country Origins of American Empire
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (349 pages)
Series America in the Nineteenth Century Ser
America in the Nineteenth Century Ser
Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction Gray Wolves for Guánica; Part I. Indian Country; Chapter 1 Coming to Indian Country; Chapter 2 Scouting; Chapter 3 The Right Kind of White Men; Chapter 4 Prairie Imperialists; Part II. Indian Country Abroad; Chapter 5 Spoil of the Spaniard; Chapter 6 The Buckskin Mantle; Chapter 7 Sultan of Sulu; Part III. The Last Indian War; Chapter 8 Spy Mission to Mexico: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lee Bullard, 1911; Chapter 9 Washington and the Border: Brigadier General Hugh Lenox Scott, 1911-1916; Chapter 10 The Punitive Expedition: Brigadier General John J. Pershing, 1916
NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments
Summary In Prairie Imperialists, Katharine Bjork examines how the experiences of American Army officers on the domestic frontier shaped them for the later roles they played in U.S. expansion abroad in the Philippines, Cuba, and Mexico
Analysis American History
American Studies
Caribbean Studies
Latin American Studies
Native American Studies
Notes Print version record
Subject Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934.
Bullard, Robert Lee, 1861-1947.
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.
SUBJECT Bullard, Robert Lee, 1861-1947 fast
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 fast
Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934 fast
Subject Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
Indians, Treatment of -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Imperialism.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Diplomatic relations
Imperialism
Indians of North America -- Wars
Indians, Treatment of
Territorial expansion
SUBJECT United States -- Territorial expansion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140559
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140083
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812295641
0812295641