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Convict maids : The forced migration of women to Australia

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Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1996Description: 339p viiiISBN:
  • 9780521446778
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.374000 OXL
Contents:
Table of contents 1. Elizabeth: a note on data and method; 2. Mercury's charges: the crimes of convict women; 3. Piso's justice: Irish and English offenders; 4. Economic accoutrements: the skills of convict women; 5. Ireland's distant shores: working life in Ireland; 6. England's castaways: working life in England; 7. Colonial requirements: coerced and free immigrants; 8. Misconceptions; 9. Britain's loss/Australia's gain?; Concluding remarks.
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Table of contents
1. Elizabeth: a note on data and method;
2. Mercury's charges: the crimes of convict women;
3. Piso's justice: Irish and English offenders;
4. Economic accoutrements: the skills of convict women;
5. Ireland's distant shores: working life in Ireland;
6. England's castaways: working life in England;
7. Colonial requirements: coerced and free immigrants;
8. Misconceptions;
9. Britain's loss/Australia's gain?;
Concluding remarks.