Ready, Booted, and Spurred: Arkansas in the U.S.-Mexican War - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980089751 ISBN 13: 9780980089752

Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book describes Arkansas' pivotal role in America's first truly foreign war.Part military history, part social history, and part history of the westward movement during the major conflict of the 1840s, this anthology of essays bridges the gap between scholarly and popular history. Five contributors have examined the role of the citizen-soldier, the impact of war preparations upon the citizenry, movement of troops and yet-to-be organized volunteers, the war's effect on Americans' perception of their nation, and the strain caused by massive territorial acquisition following the war.

About this title

Review:

"The work of Frazier, Christ, and their colleagues greatly enhances our understanding of life in Arkansas in the period following statehood and preceding the Civil War." -- William Gatewood

About the Author:

Mark K. Christ is community outreach director at the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and the editor or author of many books on the Civil War, including, most recently, Civil War Arkansas, 1863: "The Battle for a State".

C. Fred Williams is professor emeritus of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and coeditor of Understanding the Little Rock Crisis: An Exercise in Remembrance and Reconciliation.

PEDRO SANTONI is Professor of History and Department Chair at California State University, San Bernardino. His research interests lie in the political, military, and cultural history of nineteenth-century Mexico, and his publications include Mexican at Arms: Puro Federalists and the Politics of War, 1845-1848, and "Where Did the Other Heroes Go? Exalting the Polko National Guard Battalions in Nineteenth-Century Mexico." He has also served as president of the Southwestern Historical Association, and as a consultant for historical research projects sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Elliott West, Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is the award-winning author of numerous articles and books, including "Growing Up with the Country: Childhood on the Far-Western Frontier"; "The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado"; and "The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story."

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0980089751
• ISBN 13: 9780980089752
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Frazier William A, Christ Mark K