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\I wish to keep a record\ : nineteenth-century New Brunswick women diarists and their world

Campbell, Gail Grace, 1945- author

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\"Nineteenth-century New Brunswick society was dominated by white, Protestant, Anglophone men. Yet, during this time of state formation in Canada, women increasingly helped to define and shape a provincial outlook. I wish to keep a record is the first book to focus exclusively on the life-course experiences of nineteenth-century New Brunswick women. Gail G. Campbell offers an interpretive scholarly analysis of 28 women's diaries while enticing readers to listen to the voices of the diarists. Their diaries show women constructing themselves as individuals, assuming their essential place in building families and communities, and shaping their society by directing its outward gaze and envisioning its future. Campbell's lively analysis calls on scholars to distinguish between immigrant and native-born women and to move beyond present-day conceptions of such women's world. This unique study provides a framework for developing an understanding of women's worlds in nineteenth-century North America.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: Diarists New Brunswick History 19th century. / Diarists New Brunswick Biography. / Diarists New Brunswick Social conditions 19th century. / Diarists New Brunswick Social life and customs 19th century. / Women New Brunswick Social conditions 19th century. / Women immigrants New Brunswick Social conditions 19th century. / Canadian diaries (English) New Brunswick History and criticism. / Canadian diaries (English) Women authors History and criticism. / Women authors, Canadian (English) New Brunswick Social conditions 19th century. / Women authors, Canadian (English) New Brunswick Social life and customs 19th century. / Diaristes Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire 19e siècle. / Diaristes Nouveau-Brunswick Biographies. / Diaristes Nouveau-Brunswick Conditions sociales 19e siècle. / Diaristes Nouveau-Brunswick Mœurs et coutumes 19e siècle. / Femmes Nouveau-Brunswick Conditions sociales 19e siècle. / Immigrantes Nouveau-Brunswick Conditions sociales 19e siècle. / Journaux intimes canadiens-anglais Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire et critique. / Écrivaines canadiennes-anglaises Journaux intimes Histoire et critique. / Écrivaines canadiennes-anglaises Nouveau-Brunswick Conditions sociales 19e siècle. / Écrivaines canadiennes-anglaises Nouveau-Brunswick Mœurs et coutumes 19e siècle.
• ISBN: 9781487500290, 1487500297, 9781487520182, 1487520182

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