Agents of empire British female migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930 /
Lisa Chilton.
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2007.
- 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages).
- Studies in gender and history ; 30 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The period between the 1860s and the 1920s witnessed a wave of female migration from Britain to Canada and Australia, much of which was managed by women. Agents of Empire explores the work of the women who promoted, managed, and ultimately transformed single British women's experiences of migration." "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. Chilton provides insight into the struggle for control of female migration and female migrants, adding an important dimension to the study of gender, migration, and empire."--Jacket.
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Women immigrants--Social conditions--Canada--19th century. Women immigrants--Social conditions--Canada--20th century. Women immigrants--Social conditions--Australia--19th century. Women immigrants--Social conditions--Australia--20th century. Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--19th century. Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--20th century.