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Across the Empire: British women's travel writings and women's place in the British imperial project during the second half of the nineteenth century.
| Title: | Across the Empire: British women's travel writings and women's place in the British imperial project during the second half of the nineteenth century. |
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| Name(s): |
Wernecke, Katie. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of History |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | multipart monograph | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | vi, 169 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Women in Britain in the nineteenth century were expected to fulfill the traditional roles of wife and mother as determined by British society. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these ideals evolved, but the core functions of wife and mother remained at the center. Woman's participation outside the household was limited. British women travelers during the nineteenth century found themselves in many different environments. By examining samples of women's travel narratives from various locations in the Empire, this study analyzes the daily lives of British women in the Empire and determines that, while maintaining their roles within the private sphere as wives and mothers, women's activities in the colonies were less restricted than they would have been in Britain. | |
| Identifier: | 852887332 (oclc), 3361255 (digitool), FADT3361255 (IID), fau:4149 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Katie Wernecke. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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| Subject(s): |
Women authors -- Great Britain -- 19th century Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Imperialism -- History -- 19th century Man-woman relationships -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- 19th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions -- 19th century |
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| Held by: | FBoU FAUER | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361255 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
