Peace Came in the Form of a Woman

by Barr, Juliana

• ISBN13: 9780807857908
• ISBN10: 0807857904
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-19
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Juliana Barr is assistant professor of history at the University of Florida

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Turn-of-the-Century Beginnings, 1680s-1720s	p. 17
Diplomatic Ritual in the "Land of the Tejas"	p. 27
Political Kinship through Settlement and Marriage	p. 69
From Contact to Conversion: Bridging Religion and Politics, 1720s-1760s	p. 109
Civil Alliance and "Civility" in Mission-Presidio Complexes	p. 119
Negotiating Fear with Violence: Apaches and Spaniards at Midcentury	p. 159
New Codes of War and Peace, 1760s-1780s	p. 197
Contests and Alliances of Norteno Manhood: The Road to Truce and Treaty	p. 207
Womanly "Captivation": Political Economies of Hostage Taking and Hospitality	p. 247
Conclusion	p. 287
Notes	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 347
Index	p. 389
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