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Agents of Empire : British Female Migration to Canada and Australia, 1860-1930.
Agents of Empire highlights the aims and methods behind the emigrators' work, as well as the implications and ramifications of their long-term engagement with this imperialistic feminizing project.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Studies in gender and history.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 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
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Illustrations.