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Author Carroll, Mark M. (Mark McNeese)

Title Homesteads ungovernable : families, sex, race, and the law in frontier Texas, 1823-1860 / Mark M. Carroll
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 244 pages)
Series Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 3
Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 3.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Families -- Texas -- 19th century
Sex role -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
Domestic relations -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- 19th century
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Domestic relations
Families
Frontier and pioneer life
Manners and customs
Race relations
Sex role
SUBJECT Texas -- Race relations
Texas -- Social life and customs
Subject Texas
Texas
Frontier
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0292796498
9780292796492