Bleeding Borders : Race, Gender, and Violence in Pre-Civil War Kansas /
In Bleeding Borders, Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel offers a fresh, multifaceted interpretation of the quintessential sectional conflict in pre-Civil War Kansas. Instead of focusing on the white, male politicians and settlers who vied for control of the Kansas territorial legislature, Oertel explores the...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "The Two Were Soon Pronounc ed One" religious, economic, and sexual exchange in indian kansas; 2 Runaways, "Negro Stealers," and " Border Ruffians" antislavery and proslavery ideologies in action; 3 "All Women Are Called Bad "what makes a woman in bleeding kansas?; 4 "Free Sons" and "Myrmidons" what makes a man in bleeding kansas?; 5 "Don't You See Old Buck Coming? "miscegenation, whiteness, and the crisis of racial identity; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.