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Domesticating the West : the re-creation of the nineteenth-century American middle class /

"In 1881 Thomas and Elizabeth Tannatt said a final good-bye to Massachusetts and the eastern seaboard and set out in search not of land but of opportunities for social and political advancement. Facing severe limitations to their goals in the depressed and disheveled postwar East, the Tannatts...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Brenda K.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005.
Colección:Women in the West.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The early years, 1833-1861
  • The Civil War, 1861-1864
  • The aftermath of war, 1864-1876
  • Henry Villard and transportation in the Pacific Northwest, 1876-1882
  • Inland Empire "pioneers," 1880-1890
  • Retirement and reflections on the past, 1890-1920.