Class and race in the frontier Army : military life in the West, 1870-1890 / Kevin Adams.

Author/creator Adams, Kevin, 1975-
Format Book
Publication InfoNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxvi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
United States. Army--Military life. --History. --19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
Soldiers--West (U.S.). --Social conditions. --19th century.
African American soldiers--West (U.S.). --Social conditions. --19th century.
Social status--West (U.S.). --History. --19th century.
Racism--West (U.S.). --History. --19th century.
West (U.S.)--History, Military. --19th century.
West (U.S.)--History. --1860-1890.
West (U.S.)--Social conditions. --19th century.
West (U.S.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.

Contents The Gilded Age Army : men, money, and missions -- Ways of thinking : the mental worlds of officers -- Soldiers, servants, or slaves? : work in the frontier Army -- Worlds together, worlds apart : class and leisure culture -- Starvation and succulence : consumption in the Army -- Uncle Sam's gentlemen, Uncle Sam's slaves : class tensions in the Army -- "A promiscuous arrangement" : race and ethnicity in the frontier Army.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index.
LCCN 2008032889
ISBN9780806139814 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0806139811 (hardcover : alk. paper)