The Second Seminole War and the limits of American aggression / C.S Monaco.

Author/creator Monaco, C. S., 1950- author.
Format Book
PublicationBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Descriptionxii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Part I. Genesis of the war -- Treaties and reservations -- Seminoles, slaves and Maroons -- Part II. War of Indian removal -- "It came with the suddenness of the whirlwind" -- The United States responds -- "Sacrifice of national honor" -- The last pitched battles -- "Never ending, still beginning war" -- Part III. Health, medicine and the environment -- Malarial sword and shield -- Land of darkness and shadows -- Part IV. The war and "the national mind" -- Osceola as settler-colonial icon -- Bloodhounds, abolitionists and freedom fighters -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-279) and index.
LCCN 2017025726
ISBN9781421424811 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN(electronic)
ISBN1421424819 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN(electronic)

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