Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies - Sarah Carter - Books - University of Manitoba Press - 9780887558184 - October 7, 2016
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Sarah Carter
Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies

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Examines the goals, aspirations, an dhallenges met by women who sought land of their own. Supporters of British women homesteaders argued they would contribute to the "spade-work" of the Empire, replacing foreign settlers and relieving Britain of its surplus women. Imperial Plots depicts the female farmers and ranchers of the prairies, from the Indigenous women agriculturalists of the Plains, to the land army women of the First World War.

480 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 7, 2016
ISBN13 9780887558184
Publishers University of Manitoba Press
Pages 480
Dimensions 154 × 233 × 35 mm   ·   760 g

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