1st Edition
Women Writing Home, 1700-1920 Vol 1 Female Correspondence Across the British Empire
By Klaus Stierstorfer, Deirdre Coleman, Cecily Devereux, Susan Clair Imbarrato, Charlotte J Macdonald
Copyright 2006
360 Pages
by
Routledge
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Volume 1 Africa: General Introduction Note on the Texts Part I: Sabina Peter Clemens, Sierra Leone, 1851–63 Part II: Henrietta Elise König/Knödler, Sierra Leone, 1860–5 Part III: Lady Florence Dixie, South Africa, 1881 Part IV: Jane F. Moir, Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika, 1890 Part V: Ada Slatter, Transvaal, East African Protectorate and Rhodesia, 1904–21
Biography
Klaus Stierstorfer, Deirdre Coleman, Cecily Devereux, Susan Clair Imbarrato, Charlotte J. Macdonald
