Fractured families : life on the margins in Colonial New South Wales /

Most convicts arriving in New South Wales didn't expect to make their fortunes. Some went on to great success, but countless convicts and free migrants struggled with limited prospects, discrimination and misfortune. Many desperate people turned to The Benevolent Society, Australia's first...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Tanya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia : UNSW Press, 2015.
Temas:
1800-1899
Frontier and pioneer life > Australia > New South Wales.
Pioneers > Australia > New South Wales > Biography.
Pionniers > Australie > Nouvelle-Galles du Sud > Biographies.
Economic history
Frontier and pioneer life
Pioneers
Social conditions
New South Wales > Social conditions > History > 19th century.
New South Wales > Economic conditions > History > 19th century.
Nouvelle-Galles du Sud > Conditions sociales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Nouvelle-Galles du Sud > Conditions économiques > Histoire > 19e siècle.
New South Wales
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • 1. An asylum for the aged poor
  • 2. 'Pioneer' family history and social mobility
  • 3. From Stolen Generations to Link-Up
  • 4. Families without breadwinners
  • 5. Orphans and spinsters
  • 6. Fortune hunters and the fated
  • 7. Midwifery and mothers
  • 8. Faith, philanthropy and family life
  • 9. Family history and shared authority
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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