Title Women and men on the overland trail / John Mack Faragher

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages) : map Series Yale historical publications : Miscellany ; 121 Yale historical publications. Miscellany ; 121. Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-275) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0585357609 9780585357607 9780300026054 0300026056

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