Agents of Empire : British Female Migration to Canada and Australia, 1860-1930.
Chilton, Lisa.
Agents of Empire : British Female Migration to Canada and Australia, 1860-1930. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (259 pages) - Studies in Gender and History Series . - Studies in Gender and History Series .
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.
Agents of Empirehighlights 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.
9781442685499
Women immigrants-Canada-Social conditions-19th century.
Women immigrants-Canada-Social conditions-20th century.
Electronic books.
JV7284.C455 2007
305.48/821071
Agents of Empire : British Female Migration to Canada and Australia, 1860-1930. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (259 pages) - Studies in Gender and History Series . - Studies in Gender and History Series .
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.
Agents of Empirehighlights 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.
9781442685499
Women immigrants-Canada-Social conditions-19th century.
Women immigrants-Canada-Social conditions-20th century.
Electronic books.
JV7284.C455 2007
305.48/821071