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Record Nr.

UNISA996209565203316

Autore

Pickles Katie

Titolo

Female imperialism and national identity [[electronic resource] ] : the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire / / Katie Pickles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002

ISBN

1-84779-534-X

1-78170-039-7

1-280-71956-7

9786610719563

1-84779-073-9

1-4237-0645-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Studies in imperialism

Disciplina

305.4/0971

Soggetti

Women - Canada - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Genealogy of an imperial and nationalistic Order -- 2. Female imperialism at the periphery: organizing principles, 1900-1919 -- 3. Women, race and assimilation: the canadianizing 1920's -- 4. Exhibiting Canada: Empire, migration and the 1928 English Schoolgirl Tour -- 5. Britishness and Canadian nationalism: Daughters of the Empire, mothers in their own homes, 1929-45 -- 6. 'Other than stone and mortar': war memorials, memory and imperial knowledge -- 7. Conservative women and democracy: defending Cold War Canada -- 8. Modernizing the north: women, internal colonization and indigenous peoples -- Conclusion -- Note on sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Through a study of the British Empire's largest women's patriotic organisation, formed in 1900, and still in existence, this book examines the relationship between female imperialism and national identity. It throws new light on women's involvement in imperialism; on the history of ‘conservative’ women's organisations; on women's interventions in debates concerning citizenship and national identity;



and on the history of women in white settler societies.