| Main Title: |
Convict maids : the forced migration of women to Australia / Deborah Oxley. |
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| Author: |
Oxley, Deborah, 1963-
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| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press, 1996. |
| Collation: |
xi, 339 p. : ill., facsims., maps, pbk, ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
Machine derived contents note: 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. |
| Subject: |
Convicts
Women
Immigrants and immigration
Australia
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| Series: |
Studies in Australian history
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| ISBN: |
0521441315 (hb : alk. paper) 0521446775 (pb : alk. paper) |
| Notes: |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.).
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