Peace came in the form of a woman Indians and Spaniards in the Texas borderlands / Juliana Barr.

Author/creator Barr, Juliana
Other author William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxi, 397 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Indians of North America--Texas. --History. --18th century.
Indian captivities--Texas. --History. --18th century.
Spaniards--Texas. --History. --18th century.
Missions, Spanish--Texas. --History. --18th century.
Women and peace--Texas. --History. --18th century.
Women--Texas. --Social conditions. --18th century.
Diplomacy--Texas. --History. --18th century.
Texas--History. --To 1846.

Contents Diplomatic ritual in the "land of the Tejas" -- Political kinship through settlement and marriage -- Civil alliance and "civility" in mission-presidio complexes -- Negotiating fear with violence : Apaches and Spaniards at midcentury -- Contests and alliances of norteño manhood : the road to truce and treaty -- Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality.
General note"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University"
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [347]-388) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006027686
ISBN9780807830826 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807857908 (pbk. : alk. paper)