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Westward bound : sex, violence, the law , and the making of a settler society / Lesley Erickson.
- Title
- Westward bound : sex, violence, the law , and the making of a settler society / Lesley Erickson.
- Author
- Erickson, Lesley, 1971-
- Publication
- Vancouver : UBC Press for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HV9960.C2 E75 2011 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
- Description
- xiv, 337 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Law & society series, 1496-4953
- Uniform Title
- Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Subject
- Criminal justice, Administration of > Canada, Western > History
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > Canada, Western > History
- Women > History. > Canada, Western
- Female offenders > Canada, Western > History
- Criminal law > Social aspects > Canada, Western
- Justice pénale > Histoire. > Canada (Ouest)
- Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire
- Crimes contre les femmes > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire
- Criminelles > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire
- Droit pénal > Aspect social > Canada (Ouest)
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued in electronic format.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Fruitful land, happy homes, manly titans : settlement frontiers, law, and the intimate in colonialism and nation building -- They know no better : maintaining race and managing domestic space at the fringes of civilization -- The most public of private women : prostitutes, reformers, and police courts -- The farmer, the pioneer woman, and the hired hand : sexual violence, seduction, and the boundaries of class -- For family, nation, and empire : policing drugs, abortion, and heterosexuality in the interwar city -- The might of a good strong hand : domestic violence, wife murder, and incest -- She is to be pitied, not punished : the murderess, the woman question, and the capital punishment debate.
- ISBN
- 9780774818582 (bound)
- 0774818581 (bound)
- OCLC
- 727455427
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library