This book examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including Africa, New Zealand and India, as expressed through their personal and household possessions, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and …
London, 1732. Nach dem Tod ihrer ersten großen Liebe geht die Kaufmannstochter Nora eine Vernunftehe mit einem verwitweten Zuckerrohrpflanzer auf Jamaika ein. Aber das Leben in der Karibik gestaltet sich nicht so, wie Nora es sich ertäumt hat. Der Umgang der Plantagenbesitzer mi…
This book explores the experiences of a range of women from the early days of 1914, through the big events of the war on the Eastern Front. Their diaries, letters, memoirs and journalism are used to investigate the extraordinary role played by British women during the fall of Se…
Weaves a narrative of how British women abetted imperial projects in Palestine in several key historical periods ending with the British withdrawal and the creation of the Israeli state.
