Members of the regiment Army officers' wives on the western frontier, 1865-1890
Many extraordinary women traveled west with their Army officer husbands between 1865 and 1890 and discovered a world that was completely controlled by the United States Army. The Army as a public institution colored virtually every aspect of their domestic lives. Army directives, customs, and tradit...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn :
Greenwood Press
2000.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Contributions in American history ; no. 187. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31392465*spi |
| Sumario: | Many extraordinary women traveled west with their Army officer husbands between 1865 and 1890 and discovered a world that was completely controlled by the United States Army. The Army as a public institution colored virtually every aspect of their domestic lives. Army directives, customs, and traditions imposed social obligations on these women, and the world of the frontier Army garrison continually challenged their sense of what it meant to be true women. Remarkably, they flourished and established a defined role for themselves that went beyond the conventional definition of true womanhood. |
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| Descripción Física: | viii, 128 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [121]-125) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780313096525 |
