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On the edge of empire : gender, race, and the making of British Columbia, 1849-1871
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802083364
- ISBN: 0802047971 (bound)
- ISBN: 0802083366 (pbk.
- ISBN: 9780802083364 (sc.) :
- ISBN: 0802083366 (sc.) :
- ISBN: 0802047971 (cloth
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Physical Description:
viii, 286 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2001.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-276) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Analysing Gender and Race on the Edge of Empire -- 1. 'Poor Creatures Are We without Our Wives': White Men and Homosocial Culture -- 2. 'The Prevailing Vice': Mixed-Race Relationships -- 3. Bringing Order to the Backwoods: Regulating British Columbia's Homosocial Culture -- 4. Marriage, Morals, and Segregation: Regulating Mixed-Race Relationships -- 5. Land and Immigration, Gender and Race: Bringing White People to British Columbia -- 6. 'Fair Ones of a Purer Caste': Bringing White Women to British Columbia -- 7. 'An Unspeakable Benefit?': White Women in Colonial Society -- Conclusion: Gender, Race, and Our Years on the Edge of Empire. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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