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

• Main Author: Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier, 1969-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2009.
• Series: Conflicting worlds.
• Subjects: Social conflict > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Slavery > Political aspects > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Sex role > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Violence > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Indians of North America > History > 19th century. > Kansas; African Americans > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Women, White > History > 19th century. > Kansas; HISTORY.; Kansas > History > 1854-1861.; Kansas > Social conditions > 19th century.; Kansas > Race relations > History > 19th century.; Electronic books.
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In Bleeding Borders, Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel offers a fresh, multifaceted interpretation of the quintessential sectional conflict in pre-Civil War Kansas. Instead of focusing on the white, male politicians and settlers who vied for control of the Kansas territorial legislature, Oertel explores the...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "The Two Were Soon Pronounc ed One" religious, economic, and sexual exchange in indian kansas; 2 Runaways, "Negro Stealers," and " Border Ruffians" antislavery and proslavery ideologies in action; 3 "All Women Are Called Bad "what makes a woman in bleeding kansas?; 4 "Free Sons" and "Myrmidons" what makes a man in bleeding kansas?; 5 "Don't You See Old Buck Coming? "miscegenation, whiteness, and the crisis of racial identity; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.