{"product_id":"white-captives-june-namias-9780807844083","title":"White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American Frontier","description":"White Captives offers a new perspective of Indian-white coexistence on the American frontier through analysis of historical, anthropological, political, and literary materials. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamias shows that visual, literary, and historical accounts of the capture of Euro-Americans by Indians are commentaries on the uncertain boundaries of gender, race, and culture during the colonial Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. She compares the experiences and representations of male and female captives over time and on successive frontiers and examines the narratives of captives Jane McCrea, Mary Jemison, and Sarah Wakefield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Historical Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] skillfully written analysis.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Namias is an enjoyable storyteller as well as a good historian. . . . To the dry and rigorous analysis of the ethnohistorian she adds warmth and empathy.--\u003ci\u003eWilliam and Mary Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book brings us closer to understanding the role of gender and ethnicity in captivity narratives and in American society.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the West\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhite Captives\u003c\/i\u003e is thoroughly researched, weighty, and worthy.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Ethnic History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An impressively researched, imaginative, and powerful exploration of racial and gender boundaries in frontier America.--Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eA Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e June Namias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080784408X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807844083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.21w x 1.06d","brand":"June Namias","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120279810303,"sku":"9780807844083","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd7ea276-b76c-4a27-93bf-056ad06bca8a.jpg?v=1687413472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-captives-june-namias-9780807844083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}