Intimate Frontiers by Albert L. Hurtado (Paperback Book)

Name: Intimate Frontiers by Albert L. Hurtado (Paperback Book)
Brand: University of New Mexico Press

University of New Mexico Press

This book reveals how powerful undercurrents of sex, gender, and culture helped shape the history of the American frontier from the 1760s to the 1850s. Looking at California under three flags -- those of Spain, Mexico, and the United States -- Hurtado resurrects daily life in the missions, at mining camps, on overland trails and sea journeys, and in San Francisco. In these settings Hurtado explores courtship, marriage, reproduction, and family life as a way to understand how men and women -- whether Native American, Anglo American, Hispanic, Chinese, or of mixed blood -- fit into or reshaped the roles and identities set by their race and gender.\n\nIntimate Frontiers\nSex, Gender and Culture in Old California\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the price advertised is as low as we can go \u2014 we do not accept or respond to offers. We're also unable to accommodate special request;