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Frontier crossroads : Fort Davis and the West /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wooster, Robert, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2006]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 7.
Subjects:
Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort) > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas > Fort Davis (Fort)
Community life > Texas > Fort Davis (Fort)
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
Texas > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Texas > Race relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Crossroads of empire
  • Agent of empire : the U.S. Army
  • Frontier outpost
  • Implementation of empire
  • Crisis of empire
  • Return to the frontier
  • Frontier duties
  • Frontier empire
  • The close of the military frontier
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. The garrison strength at Fort Davis
  • Appendix 2. Ethnic composition of civilians at Fort Davis.