Cherokee Women in Crisis - Trail of Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838-1907

Klappentext Explains how traditional Cherokee women's roles were destabilized! modified! recovered! and in some ways strengthened during three periods of great turmoil. Zusammenfassung In this study centering on the Cherokee Nation! we learn that three key historical events in the 19th and early 20th centuries - removal! the Civil War and allotment of their lands - forced a radical renegotiation of gender roles and relations in Cherokee society.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Johnston, Carolyn Ross Johnston
• Assisted by: J.Anthony Paredes (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2003
• EAN: 9780817350567
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5056-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Contemporary American Indian S; Contemporary American Indian Studies; Contemporary American Indian S; Contemporary American Indian Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories