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White captives : gender and ethnicity on the American frontier /

White Captives offers a new analysis of Indian-white coexistence on the American frontier. June Namias shows that visual, literary, and historical accounts of the capture of Euro-Americans by Indians during the colonial Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the Civil War are commentaries on the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Namias, June
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1993.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • White actors on a field of red. White women held captive ; White men held captive ; Exploring sexual boundaries
  • Women in times of change. Jane McCrea and the American Revolution ; Mary Jemison: the evolution of one captive's story ; Sarah Wakefield and the Dakota War
  • Women and children first.