Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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... society soon presented another picture of an American frontier in its first , most awkward age ; but here superimposed on an existing civilization . Wherever they went in great numbers , the Americans re - enacted the frontier ...
... society soon presented another picture of an American frontier in its first , most awkward age ; but here superimposed on an existing civilization . Wherever they went in great numbers , the Americans re - enacted the frontier ...
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... society , in the full power of its sanctions , to carry out an essentially conservative mission . Indians in trying ... society and nationality . After the period of relative calm during the Civil War on the border , river outlaws came ...
... society , in the full power of its sanctions , to carry out an essentially conservative mission . Indians in trying ... society and nationality . After the period of relative calm during the Civil War on the border , river outlaws came ...
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... Society , 1938 . Moreau de Saint - Méry , Méderic Louis Elie . Voyage aux États - Unis de l'Amé- rique , 1793-1798 . ( Extracts in This was America , edited by Oscar Hand- lin . ) Cambridge , Harvard University Press , 1949 . Morfi ...
... Society , 1938 . Moreau de Saint - Méry , Méderic Louis Elie . Voyage aux États - Unis de l'Amé- rique , 1793-1798 . ( Extracts in This was America , edited by Oscar Hand- lin . ) Cambridge , Harvard University Press , 1949 . Morfi ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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