Contact Zones makes a unique contribution to the history of Canadian women in imperialism and colonization. Through its attention to Native/Newcomer relations and women's roles in the colonial project, the contributors add an important dimension to understanding how Canada was colonized and how Aboriginal and settler women responded to new regimes. Race, class, and gender are interrogated within Canada's imperial and colonial system. The book challenges fixed dichotomies concerning the colonizer and the colonized, and reveals the complexities of the colonial...
Contact Zones makes a unique contribution to the history of Canadian women in imperialism and colonization. Through its attention to Native/...
The execution of British matron Edith Cavell by occupying German forces was portrayed by the allies as one of the key atrocities of the Great War. This book recovers and interprets the worldwide reaction to Cavell's death, exploring its contextual relationship within imperial and international history, as well women's history and gender history.
The execution of British matron Edith Cavell by occupying German forces was portrayed by the allies as one of the key atrocities of the Great War. Thi...
Through a study of the British Empire's largest women's patriotic organisation, formed in 1900, and still in existence, this book examines the relationship between female imperialism and national identity. It throws new light on women's involvement in imperialism; on the history of 'conservative' women's organisations; on women's interventions in debates concerning citizenship and national identity; and on the history of women in white settler societies. After placing the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) in the context of recent scholarly work in Canadian, gender, imperial...
Through a study of the British Empire's largest women's patriotic organisation, formed in 1900, and still in existence, this book examines the relatio...
This book recovers and interprets the enormous worldwide reaction to the death of British woman Edith Cavell at the hands of occupying German forces in Belgium.
This book recovers and interprets the enormous worldwide reaction to the death of British woman Edith Cavell at the hands of occupying German forces i...
