Emigrant Gentlewomen: Genteel Poverty and Female Emigration, 1830-1914 Contributor(s): Hammerton, A. James (Author) |
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ISBN: 113864210X ISBN-13: 9781138642102 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | Modern - 19th Century |
Dewey: 301.325 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.70 lbs) 222 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: First published in 1979. This book examines the distressed gentlewoman stereotype, primarily through a study of the experience of emigration among single middle-class women between 1830 and 1914. Based largely on a study of government and philanthropic emigration projects, it argues that the image of the downtrodden resident governess does inadequate justice to Victorian middle-class women's responses to the experience of economic and social decline and to insufficient female employment opportunities. This title will be of interest to students of history. |