On the edge of empire : gender, race, and the making of British Columbia, 1849-1871 / Adele Perry.
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TextSeries: Studies in gender and historyPublication details: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2001.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442688759
- 1442688750
- 9781442690875
- 1442690879
- 9780802047977
- 0802047971
- Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia
- Sex role -- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century
- Interracial marriage -- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century
- Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Men, White -- British Columbia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Women, White -- British Columbia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century
- British Columbia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- British Columbia -- Colonization
- British Columbia -- History -- 1849-1871
- British Columbia -- Social conditions -- To 1871
- British Columbia -- Colonization
- Colombie-Britannique -- Histoire -- 1849-1871
- Colombie-Britannique -- Conditions sociales -- Jusqu'à 1871
- Colombie-Britannique -- Colonisation
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Colombie-Britannique -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Mariage interracial -- Colombie-Britannique -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Indiens d'Amérique -- Colombie-Britannique -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- Blancs -- Colombie-Britannique -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- Blanches -- Colombie-Britannique -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Gender Studies
- HISTORY -- Canada -- General
- Colonization
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Indians of North America -- Social conditions
- Interracial marriage
- Sex role
- Social conditions
- British Columbia
- Regions & Countries - Americas
- History & Archaeology
- Canada
- 1800-1899
- 971.1/02 21
- F1088 .P37 2001eb
- 15.85
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-276) and index.
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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Perry examines the efforts of a loosely connected group of reformers to transform a colonial environment into one that more closely adhered to the practices of respectable, middle-class European society.
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