Women in Civil War Texas
Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi
Will be published approx. on 30. October 2016
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-57441-651-0 (ISBN)
Description
Women in Civil War Texas is the first book dedicated to the unique experiences of Texas women during this time. It connects Texas women's lives to southern women's history and shares the diversity of experiences of women in Texas during the Civil War.
Contributors explore Texas women and their vocal support for secession, coping with their husbands' wartime absences, the importance of letter-writing, and how pro-Union sentiment caused serious difficulties for women. They also analyze the effects of ethnicity, focusing on African American, German, and Tejana women's experiences. Finally, two essays examine the problem of refugee women in east Texas and the dangers facing western frontier women.
Contributors explore Texas women and their vocal support for secession, coping with their husbands' wartime absences, the importance of letter-writing, and how pro-Union sentiment caused serious difficulties for women. They also analyze the effects of ethnicity, focusing on African American, German, and Tejana women's experiences. Finally, two essays examine the problem of refugee women in east Texas and the dangers facing western frontier women.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Denton
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
17 black & white illus 4 maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57441-651-0 (9781574416510)
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Persons
Deborah M. Liles teaches history at the University of North Texas and is the author of Will Rogers Coliseum and several journal articles.
Angela Boswell is professor of history at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and the author of Her Act and Deed: Women's Lives in a Rural Southern County, 1837-1873, which won the TSHA Liz Carpenter Award.
Angela Boswell is professor of history at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and the author of Her Act and Deed: Women's Lives in a Rural Southern County, 1837-1873, which won the TSHA Liz Carpenter Award.