Table of Contents:
  • Ardent Adventurers and Borderland Beauties: Tender Ties beyond the Pale
  • Eros and Dominion: Indians, Tejanos, and Anglos
  • Intimacy and Subjugation: Property Rights and Black Texans
  • Turbulent Prairie Homes: Marital Jormalities and Institutional Disarray
  • Slip-knot Marriages and Patchwork Nests: The Household Redefined
  • Iniquitous Partners: Wanton Husbands and Delinquent Wives.