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050 4 _aPR115.N67 2010
082 0 _a820.9/9287/09034
100 1 _aNorcia, Megan A.
245 1 0 _aX Marks the Spot :
_bWomen Writers Map the Empire for British Children, 1790-1895.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aAthens, OH :
_bOhio University Press,
_c2010.
264 4 _c©2010.
300 _a1 online resource (264 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mapping Imperial Hierarchies and Ruling the World -- 1 The Dysfunctional "Family of Man" -- Mary Anne Venning and Barbara Hofland Classify Human Races in Pre-Darwinian Primers -- 2 Place Settings at the Imperial Dinner Party -- Hierarchies of Consumption in the Works of Favell Lee Mortimer, Sarah Lee, and Priscilla Wakefield -- 3 Terra Incognita -- The Gendering of Geographic Experience in the Works of Barbara Hofland, Priscilla Wakefield, Mary H. C. Legh, Lucy Wilson, Mrs. E. Burrows, and Maria Hack -- 4 "Prisoners in Its Spatial Matrix"? -- Resisting Imperial Geography in Thirdspace -- Conclusion -- Contextualizing Archival Recovery -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 _aDuring the nineteenth century, geography primers shaped the worldviews of Britain's ruling classes and laid the foundation for an increasingly globalized world.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEnglish literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
650 0 _aChildren--Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.
650 0 _aWomen and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
650 0 _aChildren's literature, English--History and criticism.
650 0 _aDidactic literature, English--History and criticism.
650 0 _aGeography in literature.
650 0 _aNational characteristics, British, in literature.
650 0 _aImperialism in literature.
650 0 _aSex role in literature.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aNorcia, Megan A.
_tX Marks the Spot
_dAthens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2010
_z9780821419076
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1762846
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