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Agents of empire : British female migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930 / Lisa Chilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chilton, Lisa.
- Series:
- Studies in gender and history ; 30.
- Studies in gender and history ; 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women immigrants--Canada--Social conditions--19th century.
- Women immigrants.
- Women immigrants--Canada--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women immigrants--Australia--Social conditions--19th century.
- Women immigrants--Australia--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.
- Women.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
- Emigration and immigration.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- Canada.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Australia--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- Australia.
- Australia--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 240 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- 1 'With This Sign I Conquer': Middle-Class Female Emigrators and the Management of Imperial Migration 17
- 2 Safe Passage: Narratives of Women in Transit 40
- 3 'Grit and Grace': A New Class of Women for the Colonies 66
- 4 Letters 'Home': Female Emigrants and the Imperial Family of Women 97
- 5 Welcoming Women: Reception Work in Canada and Australia 118
- 6 Domesticating Canberra: The Federal Capital Commission and the Domestic-Servant Project 152.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780802092748
- 0802092748
- 9780802094742
- 0802094740
- OCLC:
- 76800426
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