Matrons and Maids : Regulating Indian Domestic Service in Tucson, 1914-1934 /

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This book recounts the fascinating story of the placing of Native American girls into the homes of white families for domestic service during their summer vacations from boarding schools run by the federal Office of Indian Affairs. It complicates our picture of womens work and the complex involvemen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haskins, Victoria K. (Victoria Katharine), 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Indians of North America > Employment.
Indian women > Employment.
Household employees.
Economic history.
HISTORY > General.
Indiennes d'Amerique > Travail > Arizona > Tucson > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Filles indiennes d'Amerique > Travail > Arizona > Tucson > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Employes de maison > Arizona > Tucson > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Indians of North America > Employment > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Indian women > Employment > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Indian girls > Employment > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Household employees > Arizona > Tucson > History > 20th century.
Arizona > Tucson.
Tuscon (Ariz.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Tucson (Ariz.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This book recounts the fascinating story of the placing of Native American girls into the homes of white families for domestic service during their summer vacations from boarding schools run by the federal Office of Indian Affairs. It complicates our picture of womens work and the complex involvement of white women as agents of colonization.
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 pages).
ISBN:9780816599400

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