عنوان

A cargo of women :

شابک

1741755514

شابک

9781741755510

شماره

b725454

عنوان اصلي

A cargo of women :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Susannah Wtason and the convicts of the Princess Royal.

وضعيت ويراست

Second.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

[Aus}]

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

[Allen and Unwin],

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2008]

نام خاص و کميت اثر

321 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-315) and index.

متن يادداشت

"Who were Australia's women convicts? Were they drunks and whores, 'genetic' criminals and moral degenerates as many observers believed? Or victims of circumstances almost unimaginable in the twenty-first century, as others claim? A Cargo of Women traces the chequered story of one hundred women transported together in 1829 on the ship Princess Royal. Caught in an England convulsed by change, they become the unwitting and unwilling pioneers of a new land. Through imaginative use if detailed research, Babette Smith presents a presenting us with a patchwork image of individual lives that are both rich and varied, and often poignantly tragic. We encounter their despair at being parted from their families and particular concern for the children left behind, their experiences of assigned service in the colony, the marriages that could provide salvation or the final degradation, the opportunities that existed for a new life in a society more socially mobile. Framing them all is the story of the indomitable Susannah Watson who, trapped in the crowded filthy slums of Nottingham, stole because she 'could not bear to see her children starving'. Separated forever from her husband and four children, she was transported for 14 years, but served 16. She endured the convict system at its worst, yet emerged triumphant to die in her bed aged 83 singing 'Rock of Ages'."--Provided by publisher.

موضوع مستند نشده

Watson, Susannah,1794-1877.

موضوع مستند نشده

Princess Royal (Ship)

موضوع مستند نشده

Princess Royal (Ship)

موضوع مستند نشده

Women convicts-- Australia, Biography.

موضوع مستند نشده

Australia.

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Smith, Babette.

تاريخ عمليات

20201213134934.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y