Bleeding borders : race, gender, and violence in pre-Civil War Kansas

Bleeding borders : race, gender, and violence in pre-Civil War Kansas / Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel.

Author/creator	Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier, 1969-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
Description	xi, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Social conflict--Kansas --History --19th century. Slavery--Political aspects --Kansas --History --19th century. Sex role--Kansas --History --19th century. Violence--Kansas --History --19th century. Indians of North America--Kansas --History --19th century. African Americans--Kansas --History --19th century. Women, White--Kansas --History --19th century. Kansas--History --1854-1861. Kansas--Social conditions --19th century. Kansas--Race relations --History --19th century.

Series	Conflicting worlds Conflicting worlds. ^A449147
Contents	"The two were soon pronounced one" : religious, economic, and sexual exchange in Indian Kansas -- Runaways, "Negro stealers," and "Border ruffians" : antislavery and proslavery ideologies in action -- "All women are called bad" : what makes a woman in bleeding Kansas? -- "Free sons" and "Myrmidons" : what makes a man in bleeding Kansas? -- "Don't you see Old Buck coming?" : miscegenation, whiteness, and the crisis of racial identity.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.
LCCN	2008027354
ISBN	9780807133903 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807133906 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F685 .O44 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold