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'Deeply researched and lucidly argued, Matthew Babcock's Apache Adaptation to Hispanic Rule casts fresh light on an important, if long-ignored, aspect of borderlands and Apache history: the establecimientos de paz of the late Spanish and early Mexican era.' Karl Jacoby, Columbia University, and author of Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History 'Apaches de paz creates a culturally sensitive framework for the history of the Nde people in northern Mexico and southwestern U.S. Focused on the late eighteenth-century reserves that were established by Spanish colonial policy but shaped by the different Athapaskan bands who settled in them while maintaining their ethnic territories; this well-researched study opens new interpretations for the complexity of inter-ethnic relations in these borderlands.' Cynthia Radding, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 'Generations before the US built its notorious reservation system, Spain created its own military-run reservations in an effort to dominate and transform Apaches. That effort failed in a most interesting way. As Matthew Babcock explains in this prodigiously researched and judiciously argued book, negotiation always trumped domination, and the transformations went both ways.' Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley 'An excellent summary of the Hispanic reservation system that will appeal to area specialists and to general readers interested in Apache and Borderlands history. It should prove especially useful for comparative studies with the later reservation policies implemented by the United States.' Mark Santiago, Western Historical Quarterly

'Deeply researched and lucidly argued, Matthew Babcock's Apache Adaptation to Hispanic Rule casts fresh light on an important, if long-ignored, aspect of borderlands and Apache history: the establecimientos de paz of the late Spanish and early Mexican era.' Karl Jacoby, Columbia University, New York, and author of Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History 'Apaches de paz creates a culturally sensitive framework for the history of the Nde people in northern Mexico and southwestern US. Focused on the late eighteenth-century reserves that were established by Spanish colonial policy but shaped by the different Athapaskan bands who settled in them while maintaining their ethnic territories; this well-researched study opens new interpretations for the complexity of inter-ethnic relations in these borderlands.' Cynthia Radding, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 'Generations before the US built its notorious reservation system, Spain created its own military-run reservations in an effort to dominate and transform Apaches. That effort failed in a most interesting way. As Matthew Babcock explains in this prodigiously researched and judiciously argued book, negotiation always trumped domination, and the transformations went both ways.' Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley 'An excellent summary of the Hispanic reservation system that will appeal to area specialists and to general readers interested in Apache and Borderlands history. It should prove especially useful for comparative studies with the later reservation policies implemented by the United States.' Mark Santiago, Western Historical Quarterly

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Matthew Babcock earned his Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, Texas, his M.A. from the University of New Mexico, and his B.A. from Dartmouth College. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas and is a recipient of a prestigious Dornsife Long-Term Research Fellowship at the Huntington Library. He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters, which have been published in Spain, Canada (Quebec), and the United States, and is a member of the American Historical Association, the American Society for Ethnohistory, the Western History Association, and the Texas and East Texas State Historical Associations.

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