Relations of Rescue - The Search for Female Moral Authority in the American West, 1874-1939

In this study of rescue homes for women in the American West, Pascoe explores the relationships between women reformers and their male opponents, and between the reformers and the women they sought to reform (Chinese immigrants, Mormon polygamous wives, American Indians, and unmarried mothers), raising provocative questions about historians' understanding of the dynamics of social feminism, social control, and intercultural relations.

Product details

• Authors: Peggy Pascoe, Pascoe Peggy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.1993
• EAN: 9780195084306
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508430-6
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 441 g
• Illustrations: 21 photos
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Gender studies: women, General and world history, domestic violence, Gender studies: women and girls, Domestic abuse, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches