Armitage susan editors (16 risultati)

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Third Printing. A collection of twenty-one articles create a portrait of the role of women in the American west. Softcover, xi, 323 pp., fascinating 19th century photos of frontier life. Excellent condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 21 Articles portraying the real role of women in 19th century American West. Gently used book, clean and unmarked, solid, with b/w photograpgs. Edited and with Introductions by Susan Armitage and Elizabeth Jameson. "The Women's West"challenges the idea of the mythic West, where all the men were white, the women largely absent, or in supporting roles around rthe edges, passive, dependent. It challenges the picture as racist, sexist, and romantic and rejects the usual emphasis of traditional western history on the 19th century as defined by Anglo men. This western history tells a complex history of the many varied people who lived it. This collection of 21 articles creates a multidimensional portrait of western women--the pioneer women who lived their own lives with many coming West often alone to find jobs, freedom, and land to homestead. 323 pages with brief bio of Contributors and Index. 5.75 x 9 inches. 1987, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. …

Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Retired library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, and labels; Covers lightly edge and corner worn; 325p. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Black and White Photos (illustratore). Ex-library Paperback.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Illustrated glossy white wrappers. Glued binding. xi + 336 pages, illustrations, bibliographic chapter end notes, index. 1st paperback edition, 3rd printing. Introduction by the editors. CONDITION: NEAR FINE, binding square and tight, pages crisp and unmarked, save for former owner's name on inside front cover; light edge wear. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy. …

Soft Cover. Condizione: Near Fine-. 2nd Printing. Men "won" the West. Women, against their better judgment, followed them to this "newly discovered" place and tried to re-create the amemnties of the Urban East. Or so the myth goes. This book challenges this picture as racist, sexist, and romatic and rejects the customary emphasis of traditional western history on the 19th-century frontier, discovered and defined by Anglo men alone. A collection of 21 articles creates a multidimensional portrait of western women and dispells preconceived notions and myth. 323 pages including index. B&W photos. A tiny indent on lower page edges. Lovely copy.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Corners bumped. Light wear on covers.

Paperback. Third Printing. Paperback in Fine condition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 323 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

8vo; stiff pictorial wraps; softcover; 323 pages; black and white illustrations; a very good clean, tight, unread copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Illustrated with photographs throughout. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 656 pages.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. A ground-breaking and very interesting anthology of twenty-nine essays that (as stated on the dustjacket): 'present women of all races as actors in their own lives and in the history of the American West and locate them in a framework that connects gender, race, and class. In mythic sagas of the American West, the wide western range offered boundless opportunity to a limited cast of white men [but] women's voices were never heard. 'Writing the Range' allows us to hear many long-silenced women: Spanish-Mexican settlers and American Indians on New Spain's northern frontiers; Chinese, Basque, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Slavic, and Irish immigrants; film stars Dolores del Rio and Lupe Velez; Navajos and African Americans who moved to Western cities during World War II; and the activist Mothers of East Los Angeles, who organized to resist environmental dangers to their community.' Among the essays are those on Widows & Land in Colonial New Mexico by Yolanda Leyva; Captivity and Identity in New Mexico 1700-1846 by by James F. Brooks; The Women of Lincoln County 1860-1900 by Darlis Miller; Beyond the Stereotype: Chinese Pioneer Women by Annette White-Parks; Basque Women as Hard Workers by Jeronima Echeverria; Women Cross-dressing in the 19th Century West by Evelyn Schlatter, African American Women Workers in Richmond California and the Impact of World War II by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore; Irish Women in Anaconda, Montana by Laurie Mercer and many more. Photographs. Index and selected bibliographies -including both a general bibliography and others by ethnicity - on African American women, Asian American, etc. 656 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Illustrated with photographs throughout. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 656 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Illustrated with photographs throughout. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 656 pages.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. A ground-breaking and very interesting anthology of twenty-nine essays that (as stated on the dustjacket): 'present women of all races as actors in their own lives and in the history of the American West and locate them in a framework that connects gender, race, and class. SIGNED by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore at her essay "Not in Somebody's Kitchen: African American Women Workers in Richmond California and the Impact of World War II" In mythic sagas of the American West, the wide western range offered boundless opportunity to a limited cast of white men [but] women's voices were never heard. 'Writing the Range' allows us to hear many long-silenced women: Spanish-Mexican settlers and American Indians on New Spain's northern frontiers; Chinese, Basque, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Slavic, and Irish immigrants; film stars Dolores del Rio and Lupe Velez; Navajos and African Americans who moved to Western cities during World War II; and the activist Mothers of East Los Angeles, who organized to resist environmental dangers to their community.' Among the essays are those on Widows & Land in Colonial New Mexico by Yolanda Leyva; Captivity and Identity in New Mexico 1700-1846 by by James F. Brooks; The Women of Lincoln County 1860-1900 by Darlis Miller; Beyond the Stereotype: Chinese Pioneer Women by Annette White-Parks; Basque Women as Hard Workers by Jeronima Echeverria; Women Cross-dressing in the 19th Century West by Evelyn Schlatter, Irish Women in Anaconda, Montana by Laurie Mercer and many more. Photographs. Index and selected bibliographies -including both a general bibliography and others by ethnicity - on African American women, Asian American, etc. 656 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.).…

[0-8032-8165-X] 1990, 2nd printing. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 325pp. 8vo. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Else unread.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 15 illustrations; Paperback; Fine.

F. Narratives by 23 women---white, Spanish and Native American-- who settled the West, 1800-1900. Illustrated by Photographs. 2nd edition. Binding is 1st prtg.