Confronting race : women and Indians on the frontier, 1815-1915

Confronting race : women and Indians on the frontier, 1815-1915 / Glenda Riley.

Author/creator	Riley, Glenda, 1938-
Other author/creator	Riley, Glenda, 1938- Women and Indians on the frontier, 1825-1915.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2004.
Description	ix, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Women pioneers--West (U.S.) --History --19th century. Women pioneers--West (U.S.) --History --20th century. Women pioneers--West (U.S.) --Attitudes. Indians of North America--West (U.S.) --History. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) --History. Women--history. Indians, North American--history. Prejudice. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century. West (U.S.)--Race relations. West (U.S.)

Contents	Introduction -- Frontier philosophy : nineteenth-century American discourse on White womanhood and on the American Indian "other" -- Frontier philosophy : nineteenth-century European discourse on western women and on the American Indian "other" -- Frontier process : vilifying American Indians -- Frontier process : humanizing American Indians -- Frontier place : gender matters -- Frontier place : colonialism triumphant -- Frontier product : a difficult legacy.
General note	Rev. ed. of: Women and Indians on the frontier, 1825-1915. c1984.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-319) and index.
LCCN	2004009064
ISBN	0826336329 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0826336256 (pbk. : alk. paper)