Empire's Daughters. Girlhood, Whiteness, and the Colonial Project, Hardback/Elizabeth Dillenburg

This book provides a study of the Girls’ Friendly Society to examine how the construction of girlhood was intricately tied to constructions of whiteness and ideas of empire. It uses correspondences, newsletters, scrapbooks, and photographs to reveal the often-overlooked role of girls in the British empire. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Author(s): Elizabeth Dillenburg Number of pages: 280 Collection: Studies in Imperialism Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 241 x 166 x 22 Cover type: Hardback