On the edge of empire : gender, race, and the making of British Columbia, 1849-1871 / Adele Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Adele.

Series:

Studies in gender and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonization.

British Columbia--History.

British Columbia.

History.

British Columbia--Colonization.

Physical Description:

viii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2001]

Contents:

Introduction: Analysing Gender and Race on the Edge of Empire 3

1 'Poor Creatures Are We without Our Wives': White Men and Homosocial Culture 20

2 'The Prevailing Vice': Mixed-Race Relationships 48

3 Bringing Order to the Backwoods: Regulating British Columbia's Homosocial Culture 79

4 Marriage, Morals, and Segregation: Regulating Mixed-Race Relationships 97

5 Land and Immigration, Gender and Race: Bringing White People to British Columbia 124

6 'Fair Ones of a Purer Caste': Bringing White Women to British Columbia 139

7 'An Unspeakable Benefit?': White Women in Colonial Society 167

Conclusion: Gender, Race, and Our Years on the Edge of Empire 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0802047971

0802083366

OCLC:

47036622