Nothing to Write Home About British Family Correspondence and the Settler Colonial Everyday in British Columbia
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Nothing to Write Home About uncovers the significance of British family correspondence sent between the United Kingdom and British Columbia between 1858 and 1914. Drawing on thousands of letters, Laura Ishiguro offers insights into epistolary topics including familial intimacy and conflict, everyday concerns such as boredom and food, and what correspondents chose not to write. She shows that Britons used the post to navigate family separations and understand British Columbia as an uncontested settler home. These letters and their writers played a critical role in laying the foundations of a powerful settler order that continues to structure the province today.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780774838436 |
Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press |
Imprint: | UBCPress |
Pub date: | 01 May 2019 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 308 |
Weight: | 582g |
Height: | 167mm |
Width: | 236mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |