The Journey North and Life in Frontier California
Considering the arguments in the readings listed below, how did ideologies of race, gender, and sexuality construct colonialist and settler colonialist perceptions about Indigenous and Chicana/o people and place? Remember to distinguish between the Spanish and American periods. Use the following readings to support your discussion: • Castañeda, “Presidarias y Pobladoras: The Journey North and […]
Gender on the Virginia Frontier
Kathleen M. Brown is one of several historians that argue that English settlers were incredibly insistent on social order on the frontier because they believed that the social order was threatened by the frontier and English settler interactions with peoples from other cultures, such as American Indians and African slaves. Do you agree with this […]
