Imperial Objects: Victorian Women's Emigration and the Unauthorized Imperial Experience

by Rita S. Kranidis

Book Overview

Contains 12 contributions that address the cultural significance and social consequences of the emigration of Victorian women to the colonies and dominions of the British Empire. Topics range from the transformative experiences of the female emigres to the role of social activists who promoted emigration for women and the female emigrant in Victorian literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805716270
• ISBN13: 9780805716276
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"