Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and
Culture in Old California (Histories of
the American Frontier) by Albert L.
Hurtado
Published Reviews Of Intmate Frontiers
This book reveals how powerful undercurrents of sex, gender, and culture
helped shape the history of the American frontier from the 1760s to the
1850s. Looking at California under three flags - those of Spain, Mexico,
and the United States - Hurtado resurrects daily life in the missions, at
mining camps, on overland trails and sea journeys, and in San Francisco.
In these settings Hurtado explores courtship, marriage, reproduction, and
family life as a way to understand how men and women - whether Native
American, Anglo American, Hispanic, Chinese, or of mixed blood - fit into
or reshaped the roles and identities set by their race and gender.

Personal Review: Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture
in Old California (Histories of the American Frontier) by Albert L.
Hurtado
"Hurtado tackles two of the thorniest of historical subjects--frontiers and
sexuality. That he does so with good research, style, and wit makes this an
enthralling, sophisticated study." (Anne Butler, JOURNAL OF AMERICAN
HISTORY)
INTIMATE FRONTIERS "is a truly masterful piece of history that reveals
the significance of gender and sexuality in the American West and further
proves the importance of the West to the study of American history in
general. The book will prove valuable in U.S. survey, women's history, and
American West classes as well as popular among more casual readers of
history." (Margaret Jacobs, AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW)
"In INTIMATE FRONTIERS Hurtado has pushed discussions of gender
and culture in the Borderlands toward a new level of sophistication."
(Dedra S. McDonald, NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW)
"INTIMATE FRONTIERS, intended for stuidents and the general reader,
does a masterful job of explaining in clear, jargon-free language, the
theoretical keystones of contemporary gender scholarship. Hurtado's
selection of vivid vignettes regarding the Donner Party, Olive Oatman's
captivity, and Amelia Kuschinsky's abortion will engage readers." (Sherry
L. Smith, WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY)
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