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Material Expressions of Class, Status and Authority amongst Commissioned Officers at Fort Yamhill and Fort Hoskins, Oregon, 1856-1866

Creator:

Eichelberger, Justin E.

Abstract:

During the 19th century the United States Army was a military institution characterized by a hierarchical system of authoritative, social and economic inequality between members of its different military grades. Although necessary for insuring military discipline within the Army this system of inequality also influenced the non-military social lives of...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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Sisseton, South Dakota (Kapler 1990); Fort Towson, Oklahoma (Martin 1987); Fort Chadbourne, Texas