Emigrant Gentlewomen :Genteel Poverty and Female Emigration, 1830-1914 - Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World

Emigrant Gentlewomen

Emigrant Gentlewomen :Genteel Poverty and Female Emigration, 1830-1914 - Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World

paperback
Published: 28 November, 2017
Standard worldwide delivery by Mon, July 20 - Wed, July 29
Order within 0
Condition: NEW
$54.66
RRP $59.58
You save $4.93 (8%)
Price includes shipping
Available 5 in stock
- +
FREE Returns within 30 days

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.

See more

More Details

Type Book
ISBN13 9781138642102
ISBN10 113864210X
Number Of Pages 222
Item Weight 453 g
Publisher / Reseller Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format paperback
See More +