Agents of empire : British female migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930 /

"The period between the 1860s and the 1920s witnessed a wave of female migration from Britain to Canada and Australia, much of which was managed by women. Agents of Empire explores the work of the women who promoted, managed, and ultimately transformed single British women's experiences of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chilton, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2007]
Colección:Studies in gender and history ; 30.
Temas:
1800-1999
Women immigrants > Canada > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women immigrants > Canada > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women immigrants > Australia > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women immigrants > Australia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Immigrantes > Canada > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Immigrantes > Canada > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Immigrantes > Australie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Immigrantes > Australie > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Emigration and immigration.
Women immigrants > Social conditions.
Women > Social conditions.
Canada > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Canada > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Australia > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Australia > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Canada > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Canada > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Australie > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Australie > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Australia.
Canada.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. 'With this sign I conquer' : middle-class female emigrators and the management of imperial migration
  • 2. Safe passage : narratives of women in transit
  • 3. 'Grit and grace' : a new class of women for the colonies
  • 4. Letters 'home' : female emigrants and the imperial family of women
  • 5. Welcoming women : reception work in Canada and Australia
  • 6. Domesticating Canberra : the Federal Capital Commission and the Domestic-Servant Project
  • Conclusion.

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