To Try Her Fortune in London: Australian Women, Colonialism, and Modernity

Angela Woollacott‏

أغسطس 2001 · Oxford University Press

معلومات عن هذا الكتاب الإلكتروني

Between 1870 and 1940, tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the center of the publishing, art, musical, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even more Australian women than men made the pilgrimage "home," seeking opportunities beyond those available to them in the Australian colonies or dominion. In tracing the experiences of these women, this volume reveals hitherto unexamined connections between whiteness, colonial status, gender, and modernity.

نبذة عن المؤلف

Angela Woolacott is the author of Settler Society in the Australian Colonies: Self-Government and Imperial Culture which made the Queensland Literary Awards 2015 shortlist in the History category.