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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
- S
- T
- U
- 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
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