{"product_id":"agents-of-empire-9781496233035","title":"Agents of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Robbins Jewell examines the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment’s role in protecting and policing the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The men of the 1st Oregon Cavalry never saw a Johnny Reb, much less got the chance to shoot at one. The nearest Civil War battlefield was more than a thousand miles away. But the 900 men who served in the unit between 1862 and 1866 all believed that they served the Union cause as dutifully as any man who crossed swords with Confederate soldiers on more renowned fields of battle. James Robbins Jewell's richly detailed regimental history connects their role in the Civil War with America's manifest destiny expansion into the Pacific Northwest.\"—\u003ci\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Civil War military history readers should always resolve to venture outside traditional comfort zones every once in a while, and they can certainly do that through the education lessons offered inside James Jewell's highly original and praiseworthy scholarship.\"—\u003ci\u003eCivil War Books and Authors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e ably adds to the growing body of scholarship about the Civil War in the far west.\"—Patrick Kelly-Fischer, emergingcivilwar.com\u003cbr\u003e“Deeply researched and richly detailed, \u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e makes a forceful argument as well as an engaging read. While Cascadia is generally viewed as a progressive area of the country, James Robbins Jewell reminds us that the region’s ‘founders’ were more complex and had a very different definition of ‘progress’ than we have today. Thus, Jewell’s work is not just an analysis of the process of the re-peopling of the Pacific Northwest and its establishment and growth but also has the power to illuminate many contemporary issues in the region today.”—Christopher M. Rein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Colorado Cavalry: A Civil War Regiment on the Great Plains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Oregon may have been far from the seat of the rebellion, but the Civil War found its way to the Pacific Northwest. This excellent examination of the hard-riding Oregon Cavalry Volunteers is more than a regimental history. It reveals the extraordinary challenges of waging war in this remote region against Native peoples who tragically found themselves caught between waves of westering white civilians and increasingly aggressive military operations by volunteer soldiers. \u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome addition to the growing body of work on the Civil War in the Far West, adding new dimensions and richness to our understanding of the war’s impact on the entire nation and its diverse peoples.”—Andrew E. Masich, author of \u003ci\u003eCivil War in the Southwest Borderlands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Maps\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Divisions and Dangers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Recruiting\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Transitions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Learning on the Job\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Fully Under Alvord’s Control\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Bold Plans\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Missed Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Doing More with Less\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: To the End of their Days\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409242169687,"sku":"9781496233035","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496233035.jpg?v=1730506108","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/agents-of-empire-9781496233035","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}