Women and men on the overland trail / John Mack Faragher.
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TextSeries: Yale historical publications. Miscellany ; ; 121.Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages) : mapContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585357609
- 9780585357607
- 9780300026054
- 0300026056
- Families -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
- Families
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Women
- West United States
- 1800-1899
- 301.42/0978
- HQ553 .F37 1979eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-275) and index.
Print version record.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; list of Tables; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: Perspectives, Setting, Sources; 1 The Overland Emigrants; 2 The Midwestern Farming Family, 1850; 3 Men's and Women's Work on the Overland Trail; 4 Masculine Men and Feminine Women; 5 The Separate Worlds of Men and Women; 6 The World of the Family; 7 Conclusion: Men and Women in the Rural American West; Appendix I Tables; Appendix II Notes on Method; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Supplemental Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S
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