TY - BOOK AU - Perry,Adele TI - On the edge of empire: gender, race, and the making of British Columbia, 1849-1871 T2 - Studies in gender and history SN - 9781442688759 AV - F1088 .P37 2001eb U1 - 971.1/02 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Toronto, Buffalo PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - British Columbia KW - Sex role KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Interracial marriage KW - Indians of North America KW - Social conditions KW - Men, White KW - Women, White KW - Rôle selon le sexe KW - Colombie-Britannique KW - Histoire KW - 19e siècle KW - Mariage interracial KW - Indiens d'Amérique KW - Conditions sociales KW - Blancs KW - Blanches KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - bisac KW - Gender Studies KW - HISTORY KW - Canada KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Colonization KW - fast KW - Regions & Countries - Americas KW - hilcc KW - History & Archaeology KW - 1849-1871 KW - To 1871 KW - Jusqu'à 1871 KW - Colonisation KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=468883 ER -