Blue ChinaJan Gothard
Blue China
Jan Gothard · 2001
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About the book
Almost a hundred thousand single women emigrated from Britain to the Australian colonies between 1850 and 1900. The popular assumption is that these women went to find husbands, but this text establishes that the female emigration schemes were devised to ease the shortage of domestic servants.
Book details
- Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 312
- ISBN
- 9780522849585
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