Agents of Empire - British Female Migration to Canada and Australia, 1860-1930

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Chilton is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Prince Edward Island. Klappentext 'This work is of great importance to the growing study of women and imperialism. Agents of Empire is the first book to bring together the stories and experiences of women migrating to Australia and Canada. Indeed, it provides a complete picture of both emigrators and emigrants and fits very well with international work on the subject.'-Myra Rutherdale, Department of History, York University Zusammenfassung Agents of Empire highlights the aims and methods behind the emigrators' work! as well as the implications and ramifications of their long-term engagement with this imperialistic feminizing project.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Chilton
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2007
• EAN: 9780802092748
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9274-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in Gender History; Studies in Gender and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous