Agents of empire : British female migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930 / / Lisa Chilton |
Autore | Chilton Lisa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4809071 |
Collana | Studies in Gender and History |
Soggetto topico |
Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 19th century
Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8020-9474-0
1-4426-8549-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. 'With This Sign I Conquer': Middle-Class Female Emigrators and the Management of Imperial Migration -- 2. Safe Passage: Narratives of Women in Transit -- 3. 'Grit and Grace': A New Class of Women for the Colonies -- 4. Letters 'Home': Female Emigrants and the Imperial Family of Women -- 5. Welcoming Women: Reception Work in Canada and Australia -- 6. Domesticating Canberra: The Federal Capital Commission and the Domestic-Servant Project -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456388603321 |
Chilton Lisa | ||
Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agents of empire : British female migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930 / / Lisa Chilton |
Autore | Chilton Lisa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4809071 |
Collana | Studies in Gender and History |
Soggetto topico |
Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 19th century
Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-9166-2
0-8020-9474-0 1-4426-8549-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. 'With this sign I conquer' : middle-class female emigrators and the management of imperial migration -- 2. Safe passage : narratives of women in transit -- 3. 'Grit and grace' : a new class of women for the colonies -- 4. Letters 'home' : female emigrants and the imperial family of women -- 5. Welcoming women : reception work in Canada and Australia -- 6. Domesticating Canberra : the Federal Capital Commission and the Domestic-Servant Project -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780505603321 |
Chilton Lisa | ||
Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agents of empire : British female migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930 / / Lisa Chilton |
Autore | Chilton Lisa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4809071 |
Collana | Studies in Gender and History |
Soggetto topico |
Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 19th century
Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-9166-2
0-8020-9474-0 1-4426-8549-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. 'With this sign I conquer' : middle-class female emigrators and the management of imperial migration -- 2. Safe passage : narratives of women in transit -- 3. 'Grit and grace' : a new class of women for the colonies -- 4. Letters 'home' : female emigrants and the imperial family of women -- 5. Welcoming women : reception work in Canada and Australia -- 6. Domesticating Canberra : the Federal Capital Commission and the Domestic-Servant Project -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826467903321 |
Chilton Lisa | ||
Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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