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Contents

© S. Leigh Matthews

© S. Leigh Matthews

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: “Untilled Fields” 1
  5. “Seemingly Trivial”: Re-Visioning Historical Narratives of Western Settlement 33
  6. “Dauntless Optimism”/“Perverse Endurance”: Re-Visioning Literary Narratives of Settler Women 121
  7. The “Precarious Perch” of the “Decent Woman”: Re-Visioning the Space(s) of Western Settlement 207
  8. “The landscape behind it”: Re-Visioning Some “Other” Subjects of Agriculture 297
  9. Conclusions: “The Ragged Garment of Memory” 383
  10. Bibliography 391
  11. Index 411
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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: “Untilled Fields” 1
  5. “Seemingly Trivial”: Re-Visioning Historical Narratives of Western Settlement 33
  6. “Dauntless Optimism”/“Perverse Endurance”: Re-Visioning Literary Narratives of Settler Women 121
  7. The “Precarious Perch” of the “Decent Woman”: Re-Visioning the Space(s) of Western Settlement 207
  8. “The landscape behind it”: Re-Visioning Some “Other” Subjects of Agriculture 297
  9. Conclusions: “The Ragged Garment of Memory” 383
  10. Bibliography 391
  11. Index 411
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