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BL
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963672
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b718042
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| Main Entry
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Foos, Paul,1959-
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| Title & Author
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A short, offhand, killing affair : : soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War /\ Paul Foos.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (223 pages) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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0807827312
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: 0807854050
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: 0807862002
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: 9780807827314
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: 9780807854051
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: 9780807862001
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
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| Contents
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The regular army and antebellum labor: service and servitude -- Citizens' militias in the United States -- Volunteer excitement among the masses -- Forced to volunteer: the politics of compulsion -- Discipline and desertion in Mexico -- Atrocity: the wage of manifest destiny -- Dreams of conquest and the limits of the white man's democracy -- Free soil and the heritage of the citizen-soldier.
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| Abstract
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The Mexican-American War found Americans on new terrain. A republic founded on the principle of defending freedom was now going to war on behalf of maifest destiny to conquer another nation. Through primary accounts of the soldiers and the war, Foos examines its effect on America.
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United States.-- History-- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
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United States.-- Military life-- History-- 19th century.
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United States.
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Mexican War, 1846-1848-- Influence.
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Mexican War, 1846-1848-- Social aspects.
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Soldiers-- United States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Armed Forces-- Military life.
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HISTORY-- State Local-- General.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Mexikanischer Krieg
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Social aspects.
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Soldat
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Soldiers-- Social conditions.
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Sozialer Konflikt
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.6/28
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E409.2.F66 2002eb
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