David C Beyreis

Blood in the Borderlands

Conflict, Kinship, and the Bent Family, 1821-1920

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Produktbeschreibung

Blood in the Borderlands traces the story of the Bent family from the fur trade days of the 1820s to Teresina Bent Scheurich’s death in 1920, exploring how one family negotiated shifting economic and political alliances among multinational and multiracial interests.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781496234650
• ISBN-10: 1496234650
• Artikelnr.: 64141171

Autorenporträt

David C. Beyreis has a PhD in history from the University of Oklahoma and teaches history at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Into the West: The Bents and St. Vrain to 1834
Chapter 2: Marriage, Business, and Diplomacy in the Great Plains: William
Bent and His Family, 1834-1846
Chapter 3: Marriage, Business, and Diplomacy in New Mexico: Charles Bent
and His Family, 1834-1846
Chapter 4: Collapse: The Final Days of Bent, St. Vrain and Company,
1846-1849
Chapter 5: Fifty-Niners, Freighters, and Schoolchildren: The Bent Family,
1849-1861
Chapter 6: The Road to Sand Creek: William Bent and His Family, 1861-1865
Chapter 7: War, Diplomacy, and Land Grants: The Bent Family, 1865-1869
Chapter 8: Reservations, Ranches, and Respectability: The Bent Family,
1869-1920
Conclusion: Contesting the Memory of the Bent Family
Notes
Bibliography
Index