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

Author
Monaco, C. S., 1950-
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Physical Description
xii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

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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.
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ISBN
9781421424811 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1421424819 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-279) and index.
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