Cherokee women in crisis : Trail of Tears, Civil War, and allotment, 1838-1907 /

Cherokee women in crisis : Trail of Tears, Civil War, and allotment, 1838-1907 /

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Explains how traditional Cherokee women's roles were destabilized, modified, recovered, and in some ways strengthened during three periods of great turmoil.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author:	Johnston, Carolyn, 1948- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2003]
Series:	Contemporary American Indian studies.
Subjects:	Cherokee women > History. Cherokee women > Social conditions. Cherokee women > Government relations. Trail of Tears, 1838-1839. Indians of North America > History > Civil War, 1861-1865. Indian allotments > United States > History. Electronic book.

Table of Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. CRISIS OF GENDER; 1. Cultural Continuity; 2. Early Catalysts for Change; 3. The Trail of Tears; PART II. CRISIS OF THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION; 4. The Civil War; 5. Reconstruction; PART III. CRISIS OF ALLOTMENT; 6. Allotment; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.