In the united states, the history of the military in the nineteenthcentury. Project muse soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 1848. The american west and the world by janne lahti ebook. Trooper s tales on the southwest front true west magazine. Transnational and comparative perspectives routledge, 2019, dr. He has previously taught at the university of arizona. Our line of historical magazines includes americas civil war, american history, aviation history, civil war times, military history, mhq. Soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 18481886 book. The american west and the world 1st edition redshelf. Army occupied southern arizona and new mexico in an attempt to claim it for settlement by americans. Lookingbill has received several teaching awards, most recently the. Participating in or organising an event types organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars.
Janne is a common given name in the nordic countries. View janne lahtis profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Lahti argues that whereas apaches fought for survival, the united states saw the apache wars as an expression of national unity based on racial and cultural superiority. Within this framework lahti discusses the role that race, class and euroamerican civilization played in the american colonization of the region, with an emphasis on the relationship between the u. A companion to custer and the little bighorn campaign. The answers janne lahti provides in this book are thoughtprovoking and a bit unsettling. Soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 18481886, a collection of ten biographies by eminent historians, showcases the lives of soldiers enlisting during the turbulent period after the u. The american west and the world provides a synthetic introduction to the transnational history of the american west. View janne lahti s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Apache wars that seeks to connect the conflict to recent revisions in borderlands histories. Janne lahti is an academy of finlands postdoctoral researcher in general history at the university of helsinki.
Wars for empire offers a new perspective on the conduct, duration, intensity, and ultimate outcome of one of americas longest wars. Finnish professor janne lahti offers a western european perspective on the apache wars of the american west. Mexican war in 1848, the southwest borderlands remained hotly contested territory. The author, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the university of helsinki, employs a postcolonial framework to explain how the army janne lahti. He specializes in global and transnational histories of settler colonialism, borderlands, american west, and nordic colonialism. While lahti acknowledges that the army was never monolithic in its ideas, he does not engage the diversity of opinions among soldiers and officers that other historians, including sherry smith, have identified. These essays, in contrast, offer the perspectives of common soldiers, even those who were illiterate and left no. How and why indians became both slaves of the europeans and suppliers of slaverys victims is the subject of this book. Lahti s work opens with an introduction and closes with an epilogue, each of which explains his interest in the subject.
Earlier this year, his edited collection of biographical profiles titled soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 18481886 was released, and he already has. Pioneer mother monuments is the first book to delve into the long and complex history of remembering, forgetting, and rediscovering pioneer monuments. In this book janne lahti brings more fully into western military history the officers and enlisted men who served in the american southwest during the 1870s and 1880s, the women who accompanied them, and the local populations they encountered there. At the beginning the narrative sufficiently describes. Soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 18481886 book, 2017. Research fellow and adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki. In this book, janne lahti charts these encounters and the cultural differences that shaped them. Cultural construction of empire university of lahti. West in the global contexts of empires and settler colonialism, discussing exploration, expansion, migration, violence, intimacies, and ideas. In 2017, western history and fiction thrived in a dynamic publishing environment.
Offering a western european perspective on the american west, janne lahti, an adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki, finland, looks at the more than 40 years of onandoff hostilities between the u. Janne lahtis the american west and the world does the profession a service by. The american west and the world transnational and comparative. Janne lahti is a finnish historian whos developed a keen interest in culture and warfare in the american southwest, joining a number of recent colleagues studying borderlands conflicts. Dec 11, 2017 true west best of the west 2018 western books time of transition. Army in arizona and new mexico seems to be a book with some promise. His articles have been published in numerous journals focusing on southwestern u. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
Janne lahti is adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki. Janne lahti, phd 2009, university of helsinki, currently teaches history at the university of helsinki, finland as an academy of finland researcher. Janne lahti argues compellingly that the west is a place on the globe, very much interconnected with worldwide currents of history. Lahti, an academy of finland research fellow and adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki, provides an extensive synthetic work which draws a wide body of. Lahti, an academy of finland research fellow and adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki. Join facebook to connect with janne lahti and others you may know. In sweden and finland it is often used as a nickname for people with related male names such as jan, jean or johan. Lahtis work opens with an introduction and closes with an epilogue, each of which explains his interest in the subject. The first chapter sets the stage for the rest of the book by looking at apache history from the 1600s to 1800s.
Indian slavery in colonial america, edited by alan gallay, examines the complicated dynamics of indian enslavement. This lively book takes oklahoma history into the world of wild. Apaches, the united states, and the southwest borderlands lahti, janne on. Soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 18488 by janne lahti. Janne lahti is adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki, finland, and the editor of american studies in scandinavia. Academy of finland research fellow, adjunct professor in general history, editor, american. A narrative history wileyblackwell, 2014 and the editor of american military history. The american west and the world by lahti, janne ebook. It is a fluently written, although mainly descriptive, overview of american indian participation stretching from the american revolution to the present war on terrorism. West in the global contexts of empires and settler colonialism, discussing exploration, expansion, migration, violence, intimacies. To purchase this book for personal use in paperback or hardback format, please. Soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 18481886 by janne. In denmark, norway and estonia it is considered a feminine name, while in sweden and finland it is considered masculine. Janne lahti member of organizing committee may 2020 15 may 2020 activity.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Ou press is a publisher of scholarly, regional, and generalinterest books that challenge readers to discover the past, contemplate the present, and shape the future. This wellwritten study probes motives at once deeply complex and nuanced. The american west and the world provides a synthetic introduction to the transnational history of the. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. Using violence and military culture as an interpretative framework, janne lahti offers a new overview of the u. United states, and the southwest borderlands, janne lahti thoughtfully and. West in the global contexts of empires and settler colonialism, discussing. It is no secret that transnational history is enjoying a moment. Janne lahti academy of finland research fellow university. Apr 04, 2018 with soldiers in the southwest borderlands, janne lahti has provided an outstanding anthology on enlisted members of the nineteenthcentury united states army. The book then turns to a series of thematic chapters that trace the.
Lathi helsinki opens with an essay reminding us that history is as much made by common men as by the famous ones, and that the stories of these usually forgotten actors are of importance in understanding the settling of the southwest. Lahti argues that war and violence constitute expressions of culture determined by. He has published four books and his articles have appeared, for example, in the western historical quarterly, journal of colonialism and colonial history, new. Janne lahti is an academy of finland research fellow in history at the university of helsinki, finland. This book celebrates the military contributions of american indians in united states wars. Apaches, the united states, and the southwest borderlands.
December 11, 2017 stuart rosebrook in 20, i started managing and writing the western books column for true wes t. This book is important reading for undergraduate classes on the history of empire, colonialism, and film. Janne lahti born 20 july 1982 is a finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for hpk of the finnish liiga on 1 june 2007, lahti signed a oneyear contract with the montreal canadiens, and he played the 200708 season in the american hockey league with the hamilton bulldogs. True west best of the west 2018 western books true west. Janne lahti, adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki, finland, is the author of soldiers in the southwest borderlands, 18481886 and cultural construction of empire. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jannes connections and jobs at similar companies. Janne lahti, adjunct professor of history at the university of helsinki, finland. Next to the seminole wars in florida, the apache conflict was the longest and toughest campaign the army fought against american indians. Historian cynthia culver prescott combines visual analysis with a close reading of primary source documents. The northern cheyenne exodus in history and memory. Janne houni has 320 books on goodreads, and is currently reading the arabian nights by anonymous, taivaanpallo by olli jalonen, and illuminations by arth. New books in native american studies janne lahti, the. The question wars for empire poses is why the united states engaged in a fortyyear struggle to suppress fewer than 10,000 apaches following the u.
It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake vesijarvi about 100 kilometres 60 mi northeast of the capital helsinki. The american west and the world provides a synthetic intro. Janne lahti s the american west and the world does the profession a service by synthesizing recent transnational scholarship on the american west. Plains indian war prisoners 2014 and the american military. Live, radio suomirock, elakoon suomirock gaala, tavastia, helsinki, 07. 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. The lahti region is growing and is one of the main economic hubs of finland. New books in american studies, new books in history, new. In this book, janne lahti charts these encounters and the cultural differences. In english, the finnish word lahti literally means bay. To purchase this book for personal use in paperback or hardback format, please visit.
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