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Homesteads ungovernable : families, sex, race, and the law in frontier Texas, 1823-1860 / Mark M. Carroll.
Van Pelt Library HQ536.15.T4 C37 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carroll, Mark M. (Mark McNeese)
- 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
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Texas--History--19th century.
- Families.
- Sex role--Texas--History--19th century.
- Sex role.
- Domestic relations--Texas--History--19th century.
- Domestic relations.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--19th century.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Texas.
- Texas--Race relations.
- Texas--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 244 pages : map ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1 Ardent Adventurers and Borderland Beauties: Tender Ties beyond the Pale 1
- 2 Eros and Dominion: Indians, Tejanos, and Anglos 22
- 3 Intimacy and Subjugation: Property Rights and Black Texans 51
- 4 Turbulent Prairie Homes: Marital Jormalities and Institutional Disarray 76
- 5 Slip-knot Marriages and Patchwork Nests: The Household Redefined 109
- 6 Iniquitous Partners: Wanton Husbands and Delinquent Wives 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0292712278
- 0292712286
- OCLC:
- 44425465
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