Imperial plots : women, land, and the spadework of British colonialism on the Canadian Prairies
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- ISBN: 9780887558184
- ISBN: 0887558186
- ISBN: 9780887555329
- ISBN: 9780887555305
- ISBN: 0887555322
- ISBN: 0887555306
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Computer data. - Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2016]
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General Note: | CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "Narrowing opportunities for women: from the indigenous farmers of the Great Plains to the exclusions of the homestead regime -- "Land owners and enterprising settlers in the colonies": British women farmers for Canada -- Widows and other immigrant women homesteaders: struggles and strategies -- Women who bought land: the "Bachelor Girl" settler, "Jack" May, and other celebrity farmers and ranchers -- Answering the call of empire: Georgina Binnie-Clark, farmer, author, lecturer -- "Daughters of British blood" or "Hordes of men of alien race"?: the homesteads-for-British-women campaign -- The persistence of a "curiously strong prejudice": from the first World War to the Great Depression -- Conclusion. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2016). |
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