Changing Woman : A History of Racial Ethnic Women in Modern America.
Title:
Changing Woman : A History of Racial Ethnic Women in Modern America.
Author:
Anderson, Karen.
ISBN:
9780198022138
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 1. "Changing Woman" and the Politics of Difference -- 2. American Indian Women and Cultural Conflict -- 3. An Expensive Luxury: Women, Civilization, and Resistance, 1887-1934 -- 4. From the Indian New Deal to Red Power: Women, "Self-Determination," and Power -- 5. Mexicanas: The Immigrant Experience, 1900-1950 -- 6. Border Women: Gender, Culture, and Power in Mexican American Communities from 1950 to the Present -- 7. In the Shadow of the Plantation: African American Women, 1865-1940 -- 8. Progress and Protest: African American Women Since 1940 -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
The text examines the roles of Indian, Mexican-American and African-American women during the 20th century. It focuses on the changes brought about in the lives of those in each group and then compares them. The book is intended for scholars and students of gender and ethnic studies and US history.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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