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Bleeding borders : race, gender, and violence in pre-Civil War Kansas / Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier, 1969-
- Series:
- Conflicting worlds.
- Conflicting worlds
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social conflict--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Social conflict.
- Slavery--Political aspects--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Sex role--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Sex role.
- Violence--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Violence.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Indians of North America.
- African Americans--Kansas--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Women, White--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Women, White.
- Kansas--History--1854-1861.
- Kansas.
- Kansas--Social conditions--19th century.
- Kansas--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Bleeding Borders, Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel offers a fresh, multifaceted interpretation of the quintessential sectional conflict in pre-Civil War Kansas. Instead of focusing on the white, male politicians and settlers who vied for control of the Kansas territorial legislature, Oertel explores the crucial roles Native Americans, African Americans, and white women played in the literal and rhetorical battle between proslavery and antislavery settlers in the region. She brings attention to the local debates and the diverse peoples who participated in them during that contentious period.Oertel b
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "THE TWO WERE SOON PRONOUNCED ONE"": RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC, AND SEXUAL EXCHANGE IN INDIAN KANSAS; 2 RUNAWAYS, ""NEGRO STEALERS,"" AND ""BORDER RUFFIANS"": ANTISLAVERY AND PROSLAVERY IDEOLOGIES IN ACTION; 3 ""ALL WOMEN ARE CALLED BAD"": WHAT MAKES A WOMAN IN BLEEDING KANSAS?; 4 ""FREE SONS"" AND ""MYRMIDONS"": WHAT MAKES A MAN IN BLEEDING KANSAS?; 5 ""DON'T YOU SEE OLD BUCK COMING?"": MISCEGENATION, WHITENESS, AND THE CRISIS OF RACIAL IDENTITY; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R
- ST; U; V; W; Y; Illustrations
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8071-3500-3
- OCLC:
- 423803634
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