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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 engaged various cultural processes and practices to accrue and exercise power over colonized peoples and places for the sake of creating a more “civilized” environment for other settlers. Considering issues of class, place, and white ethnicity, Lahti shows that the army’s construction of empire took place not on the battlefield alone but also in representations of and social interactions in and among colonial places, peoples, settlements, and events, and in the domestic realm and daily life inside the army villages.

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Histoire

USA

United States of America

Military history

Local history

US West

New Mexico

History of the Americas

États-Unis

Nouveau-Mexique

Arizona

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Publié par	Nebraska
Date de parution	01 décembre 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780803244580
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	6 Mo

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Parts of chapter2were originally published as “Journey to the ‘Outside’: The U.S. Army on the Road to the Southwest,” New Mexico Historical Review85, no.4(Fall2010):349–74. Copyright by the University of New Mexico Board of Regents. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.

Parts of chapter7were originally published as “Colonized Labor: Apaches and Pawnees as Army Workers,” Western Historical Quarterly39(Autumn2008):283–302. Copyright by the Western History Association. Reprinted by permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lahti, Janne. Cultural construction of empire: the U.S. Army in Arizona and New Mexico / Janne Lahti. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn978-0-8032-3252-5(cloth: alk. paper)1. Arizona—History, Military—19th century.2. New Mexico—History, Military—19th century. 3. Frontier and pioneer life—Arizona.4. Frontier and pioneer life—New Mexico.5. Imperialism—Social aspects—Arizona—History—19th century.6. Imperialism—Social aspects—New Mexico—History—19th century.7. United States. Army—History—19th century.8. Military dependents—Arizona—History—19th century.9. Military dependents—New Mexico—History—19I. Title.th century. f811.l352012 355.009791—dc232012023629

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments

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Introduction: A Colonizer Community in the Borderlands 1. From Apacheria to American Southwest17 2. Journey to the “Outside”33 3. The Place Facing Colonialism64 4. Apaches in White Army Minds110 5. Army Village as Middle-Class Living Space150 6. Manual Labor and Leisure180 7. Colonized Labor217 Conclusion: An Empire245

Notes253 Bibliography313 Index337

Images

1. A street view of Tucson, Arizona78 2. A view overlooking Prescott, Arizona80 3. Fort McDowell157 4. Lake Constance at Fort Grant162 5. Ofﬁcers and wives at Fort Verde168 6. Sixth Cavalry soldiers at Fort Grant204 7. Ofﬁcers and families near Fort McDowell210 8. Ofﬁcers’ hunting party at Fort Grant213 9. A group of Apache soldiers227

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1. Southwest borderlands

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Several institutions and many individuals helped me in making this project come true. Theasla-Fulbright fellowship, together with funding from the Academy of Finland, enabled me to spend three semesters at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in2003–4. Time atunlproved invaluable for me as a young historian in general and for this study in particular. I not only had the opportunity to partici-pate in excellent graduate courses and seminars but familiarized my-self with the exciting avenues of intellectual inquiry that are postco-lonialism and whiteness studies. I was lucky enough to conduct my primary source research in excellent facilities atunl’s Love Library. Dr. John Wunder and his family, alongside John Husmann and his wife Larae, helped us in getting settled in Lincoln, and I hope they all understand how much we appreciated their time and effort. Atunlmy biggest gratitude goes to John Wunder. His breadth of knowl-edge, ability to offer constructive criticism, and kindness and em-pathy serve as a model to all historians. Also, I owe a special credit to Margaret Jacobs and Michael Tate for their patience in hearing my ideas, their encouragement, and their thoughts on the West, colonialism, and the army. My appreciation also goes to Victoria Smith, David Wishart, Kenneth Winkle, and Peter Maslowski. A re-search fellowship from the Arizona Historical Society allowed me