Bleeding borders: race, gender, and violence in pre-Civil War Kansas
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1. Verfasser: Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press ©2009
Schriftenreihe:Conflicting worlds
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index
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
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 crucial roles Native Americans, African Americans, and white women played in the literal and rhetorical battle between proslavery and antislavery settlers in the region. She brings attention to the local debates and the diverse peoples who participated in them during that contentious period. Oertel b
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 198 pages, [4] pages of plates)
ISBN:0807135003
9780807135006

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