HIST 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Albert Bierstadt
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One thing we discussed last time is why these people were willing to travel west in spite of the difficult trek, the stories of all the climatic dangers, the threat of indian attack, etc. **powerpoint slide of two paintings of albert bierstadt, among the sierra nevada mountains (1868) and the rocky mountains (1863) **the painting spirit of the frontier by john gast with an angelic woman representing the. **picture of buffalo bill"s wild west and congress of rough riders of the world (1893), this one appealing more to adventurous men, as it depicts conflict between indians and americans. The article"s main argument: hispanic women"s lives in new mexico were drastically different from the lives of women in the west. Divorce more accessible; women also had more say in their marital choices. Differences between anglo-american common law and mexican law in regards to matters of property. Men were punished just as harshly as women for acts of infidelity.
