To try her fortune in London : Australian women, colonialism, and modernity / Angela Woollacott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woollacott, Angela, 1955- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Australia--History--Sources.

Women.

Feminism--Australia--History--Sources.

Feminism.

Women--England--London--History--Sources.

Feminism--England--London--History--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 288p. ) ill., facsims., map, ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1870 & 1940 thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis & the center of the art, publishing, theatrical & educational worlds. This study examines connections between whiteness, colonial status & modernity.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1. Australian Women's Voyages "Home": White Colonialness, Privilege, and Modernity

2. Inhabiting the Metropolis: Gendered Space and Colonialism

3. Colonizing London: Australian Women's Neighborhoods, Networks, and Associations

4. Contesting (Colonial) Men's Imperial Power: Australian Women's Metropolitan Activism and Commonwealth Feminism

5. Metropolis as Crucible: Constructing Colonial, Imperial, and National Identities

6. Modernity, Women's Bodies, Women's Lives

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

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T

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V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771736-5

1-280-65526-7

0-19-534905-9

OCLC:

609840320