Female Imperialism and National Identity : Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire.
Title:
Female Imperialism and National Identity : Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire.
Author:
Pickles, Katie.
ISBN:
9781847790736
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Series:
Studies in Imperialism
Contents:
CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Genealogy of an imperial and nationalistic Order -- 2 Female imperialism at the periphery: organizing principles, 1900-1919 -- 3 Women, race and assimilation: the canadianizing 1920s -- 4 Exhibiting Canada: Empire, migration and the 1928 English Schoolgirl Tour -- 5 Britishness and Canadian nationalism: Daughters of the Empire, mothers in their own homes, 1929-45 -- 6 'Other than stone and mortar': war memorials, memory and imperial knowledge -- 7 Conservative women and democracy: defending Cold War Canada -- 8 Modernizing the north: women, internal colonization and indigenous peoples -- Conclusion -- Note on sources -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
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 imp.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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