Cultural Construction of Empire: The U.S. Army in Arizona and New Mexico
Janne Lahti
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Description for Cultural Construction of Empire: The U.S. Army in Arizona and New Mexico
Hardback. Examines the army occupying Arizona and New Mexico in the nineteenth-century, its officers, their wives, and the enlisted men as agents of an American empire Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 1KBBWZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
From 1866 through 1886, the U.S. Army occupied southern Arizona and New Mexico in an attempt to claim it for settlement by Americans. Through a postcolonial lens, Janne Lahti examines the army, its officers, their wives, and the enlisted men as agents of an American empire whose mission was to serve as a group of colonizers engaged in ideological as well as military, conquest.
Cultural Construction of Empire explores the cultural and social representations of Native Americans, Hispanics, and frontiersmen constructed by the officers, enlisted men, and their dependents. By differentiating themselves from these “less civilized” groups, white military settlers ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803232525
SKU
V9780803232525
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99-1
About Janne Lahti
Janne Lahti is an Academy of Finland’s postdoctoral researcher in general history at the University of Helsinki.
Reviews for Cultural Construction of Empire: The U.S. Army in Arizona and New Mexico
"Provocative."-Robert Wooster, Montana, The Magazine of Western History
Robert Wooster Montana, The Magazine of Western History "This is a useful book that should be read widely."-C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Journal of American History
C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa Journal of American History "Cultural Construction of Empire is an engaging and thought-provoking look at how the U.S. Army did as much to ... Read more
Robert Wooster Montana, The Magazine of Western History "This is a useful book that should be read widely."-C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Journal of American History
C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa Journal of American History "Cultural Construction of Empire is an engaging and thought-provoking look at how the U.S. Army did as much to ... Read more