| Description |
vii, 291 pages ; 25 cm |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-284) and index. |
| Subject |
Minority women -- United States.
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African American women.
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Mexican American women.
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Indigenous women -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0195054628 alkaline paper |
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