Isbn: 9780195060089 - relations of rescue: the search for female moral authority in the american west, 1874-1939 (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. In this study of late nineteenth-century moral reform, Peggy Pascoe examines four specific cases--a home for Chinese prostitutes in San Francisco, California; a home for polygamous Mormon women in Salt Lake City, Utah; a home for unmarried mothers in Denver, Colorado; and a program for American Indians on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska--to tell the story of the women who established missionary rescue homes for women in the American West. Focusing on two sets of relationships--those between women reformers and their male opponents, and those between women reformers and the various groups of women they sought to shelter--Pascoe traces the gender relations that framed the reformers' search for female moral authority, analyzes the interaction between women reformers and the women who entered the rescue homes, and raises provocative questions about historians' understanding of the dynamics of social feminism, social control, and intercultural relations.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. pp.xxiii,301 20 illustrations a vg hardback in a vg dw [0195060083].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Oxford University Press, 1990. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Neear Fine in a Near Fine jacket. 1st Printing.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 301 pp.: illustrations. Contents; The Search for Female Moral Authority -- ORIGINS AND IDEAS -- 146; Institutional Origins -- 246; The Ideology of Female Moral Authority44; 18748211;1900 -- SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL AND RELATIONS AMONG WOMEN -- 346; Some Women39;s Culture and Other Women39;s Needs58; Motivations44; Maternalism44; and the Language of Gratitude -- 446; Home Mission Women44; Race44; and Culture58; The Case of 34;Native Helpers34; -- 546; Homes Outside the Rescue Homes -- ANTICLIMAX -- 646; The Crisis of Victorian Female Moral Authority44; 18908211;1939 -- Epilogue58; A Legacy to Ponder8212;Female Moral Authority and Contemporary Women39;s Culture -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index . Subjects; Abused women West (U.S.) History 19th century. Women volunteers in social service. Church work with abused women West (U.S.) History 19th century. Christian ethics. Moral conditions. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. OUP Oxford 1990 hardback with jacket. pp.xxiii,301 20 illustrations. Has very light tan spots to extreme top pages edges otherwise jacket, covers and inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN READING ORDER ALMOST NEW. 24 hour despatched via Royal Mail Tracked. Full refund if not satisfied. A scan of the book can be sent on request. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. The story of a group of Protestant women who came together in the 1870s to construct a dominion of female authority. Playing on the 19th-century belief that women were pious and pure moral guardians, these Protestant women set out to rescue female victims of male abuse. Num Pages: 328 pages, halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580. . 1990. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…