| Description |
xxvi, 387 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
Cultures in the American West |
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Cultures in the American West series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Finding "her story" in the American West -- Visible in everything, but invisible to history : Native American women in the North American West -- Women of the Southern borderlands, 1600-1846 -- Gender and manifest destiny, 1830-1870 -- Polygamy, prostitution, and women in Mormon and mining settlements, 1840-1890 -- The "new woman," mobility, and western space, 1877-1920 -- War, depression, and the creation of the West, 1914-1940 -- The gendered wartime and postwar West, 1941-1980 -- Late trends and new directions. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Women -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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Women -- West (U.S.) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781598840506 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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1598840509 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781598840513 (electronic bk.) |
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1598840517 (electronic bk.) |
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