Title Domesticating the West : the re-creation of the nineteenth-century American middle class / Brenda K. Jackson

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 180 pages) : illustrations, 1 map Series Women in the West Women in the West. Contents The early years, 1833-1861 -- The Civil War, 1861-1864 -- The aftermath of war, 1864-1876 -- Henry Villard and transportation in the Pacific Northwest, 1876-1882 -- Inland Empire "pioneers," 1880-1890 -- Retirement and reflections on the past, 1890-1920 Summary "In 1881 Thomas and Elizabeth Tannatt said a final good-bye to Massachusetts and the eastern seaboard and set out in search not of land but of opportunities for social and political advancement. Facing severe limitations to their goals in the depressed and disheveled postwar East, the Tannatts went west to Walla Walla, Washington Territory, to pursue their dreams of influence and status." "Domesticating the West examines the motivations of late nineteenth-century middle-class migrants who moved west to build communities and establish themselves as leaders. The West offered new opportunities for solidly middle-class eastern families who endured hardship, uncertainty, and displacement during the Civil War, and who struggled to carve out meaningful social space in the war's aftermath. Brenda K. Jackson places the Tannatts at the center of this movement and demonstrates how gender, class, and place affected the new migrants' abilities to integrate into their new communities. She also shows how easterners redefined themselves as leaders of a new, moral western environment through volunteerism and political participation. While many studies of westward expansion focus exclusively on the earliest pioneers, Jackson adroitly shows how later arrivals shaped the social, economic, and cultural growth of the nation."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-171) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Tannatt, Thomas, 1833-1913. Tannatt, Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Forster), 1837-1920. SUBJECT Tannatt, Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Forster), 1837-1920 Tannatt, Thomas, 1833-1913 Tannatt, Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Forster), 1837-1920 fast Tannatt, Thomas, 1833-1913 fast Subject Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography Middle class -- West (U.S.) -- Biography Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Community life -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- State & Local. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. Community life Frontier and pioneer life Manners and customs Middle class Pioneers Social conditions Mittelstand Soziale Situation SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) -- History -- 19th century Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) -- Biography Subject United States -- Inland Empire West United States USA -- Weststaaten Frontier Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2005009944 ISBN 080325105X 9780803251052 1280466146 9781280466144 9786610466146 6610466149 0803226020 9780803226029

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