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/...
Between 1860 and 1940, Anglican missionaries were very active in northern British Columbia, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. To date, histories of this mission work have largely focused on men, while the activities of women - either as missionary wives or as missionaries in their own right - have been seen as peripheral, if not completely overlooked. Based on diaries, letters, and mission correspondence, Women and the White Man's God is the first comprehensive examination of women's roles in northern domestic missions. The status of women in the Anglican Church, gender relations in...
Between 1860 and 1940, Anglican missionaries were very active in northern British Columbia, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. To date, histori...