Description:
For this social and cultural history, Linda English combed store account ledgers from the 1870s and 1880s and found in them the experiences of thousands of people in Texas and Indian Territory. Particularly revealing are her insights into the everyday lives of women, immigrants, and ethnic and racial minorities, especially African Americans and American Indians.
Brief description: Linda English is Associate Professor, Dept. of History, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. History of Texas, Gender in the American West, History of Modern American Women.
Review Quotes: "Linda English makes skilled and sensitive use of store ledgers to paint a word picture of daily life in Texas and Oklahoma Territory and reveal the complex relationships and power dynamics between storekeepers and their customers."--T. Lindsay Baker co-author of Adobe Walls: The History and Archeology of the 1874 Trading Post