Women and men on the overland trail - Faragher, John Mack, 1945- (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979)
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-275) and index.
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Keywords: 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; Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; Families; Frontier and pioneer life; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Women; West United States; 1800-1899; History