02538nam 2200517 450 991015783470332120210107232612.00-19-181443-1(CKB)3710000000586277(StDuBDS)EDZ0001277885(MiAaPQ)EBC4842101(EXLCZ)99371000000058627720150916d2015 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierBritish settler emigration in print, 1832-1877 /Jude Piesse[electronic resource]Oxford :Oxford University Press,2015.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)0-19-875296-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.An unprecedented number of emigrants left Britain to settle in America, Australia, Canada and New Zealand during the Victorian period. Utilising new digital resources and methodologies alongside more traditional modes of scholarship, this work examines the periodical print culture that imagined, mediated and galvanised this important stage of empire history. It presents extensive new research on how settler emigration was registered within Victorian periodicals and situates its focus on British texts and contexts within a broader, transnational framework, arguing that the Victorian periodical was an inherently mobile form which had an unrivalled capacity to both register mass settler emigration and moderate its disruptive potential.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismEmigration and immigration in literatureImperialism in literatureGreat BritainEmigration and immigrationHistory19th centuryGreat BritainEmigration and immigrationHistory19th centuryGreat BritainfastGrossbritanniengndCriticism, interpretation, etc.fastHistory.fastEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Emigration and immigration in literature.Imperialism in literature.Great BritainEmigration and immigrationHistory820.93526912Piesse Jude1249881StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910157834703321British settler emigration in print, 1832-18772896209UNINA