Alone in Silence; European Women in the Canadian North Before 1940
by Kelcey, Barbara E
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0773522921
- ISBN 13
- 9780773522923
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press [0-7735-2292-1] 2001. (Trade paperback) Very good plus. 227pp. Maps, illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography. "Over 500 European women travelled or lived in Canada's Northwest Territories before 1940. They came as visitors, journalists, and artists, or worked as nurses, scientists, and missionaries. Barbara Kelcey describes the women who lived and worked in the Territories, detailing their struggles with the hostile conditions imposed by its geography. The first book to address the anonymity of European women in the north, Alone in Silence draws from a diverse field of sources, making use of published and primary sources, and offers a unique perspective on the vast literature on life in the north". Time Period & 19th Century. Locale: Canada; Northwest Territories. (Arctic/Polar, Arctic Life, Arctic/Polar, Colonization, Missionaries, Pioneer Life, Settlement, Travel, Women).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149477
- Title
- Alone in Silence; European Women in the Canadian North Before 1940
- Author
- Kelcey, Barbara E
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0773522921
- ISBN 13
- 9780773522923
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- This edition first published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Arctic/Polar, Arctic Life, Arctic/Polar, Colonization, Missionaries, Pioneer Life, Settlement, Travel, Women, Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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