Gender and generation on the far western frontier / Cynthia Culver Prescott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prescott, Cynthia Culver, 1975- author.

Contributor:

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Women's western voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women pioneers--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History--19th century.

Women pioneers.

Pioneers--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History--19th century.

Pioneers.

Rural families--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History--19th century.

Rural families.

Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon--Willamette River Valley.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Farm life--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History--19th century.

Farm life.

Sex role--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History--19th century.

Sex role.

Intergenerational relations--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History--19th century.

Intergenerational relations.

Middle class--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History--19th century.

Middle class.

History.

Willamette River Valley (Or.)--History--19th century.

Willamette River Valley (Or.).

Willamette River Valley (Or.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Oregon--Willamette River Valley.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7544)

Physical Description:

x, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2007]

Contents:

Fashioning women and men on the frontier

Masculine providers and manly men

Love, power, and marital choice

Refining the domestic sphere

New roles for "new women"

Remembering and reinventing Oregon pioneers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-212) and index.

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7544: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. With dust jacket.

ISBN:

9780816525430

0816525439

OCLC:

138339828