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True women & westward expansion /
"Adrienne Caughfield mines the diaries and letters of ninety Texas women to uncover the ideas and enthusiasms they brought to the Western frontier. Although there were a few notable exceptions, most of the women drew on their domestic skills and values to establish not only "civilization&q...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;
no. 24. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Domesticity and expansionism
- Cultivating the "Garden of the South-West"
- Women and Texas independence
- Fighting for the cause of civilization
- A feeling of destiny
- Slavery and expansion
- A magnificent empire
- Of politics and true womanhood.