Overview
- Focuses on the nineteenth-century British philanthropic societies responsible for female emigration
- Examines the role played by middle-class women within these organisations
- Tackles important subjects including women's and gender studies, the history of migration, and the British Empire
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Philippa Levine is the author of the book’s preface. She is the Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas, USA, and Co-Director of the University’s Program in British Studies. Her recent books include Prostitution, Race and Politics: Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire (2003) and The British Empire, Sunrise to Sunset (2007).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: British Female Emigration Societies and the New World, 1860-1914
Authors: Marie Ruiz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50179-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50178-9Published: 26 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84337-7Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50179-6Published: 11 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 292
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, Gender Studies, Australasian History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe