TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oxley,Deborah
TI  - Convict maids: the forced migration of women to Australia 
T2  - Studies in Australian history
SN  - 0521446775 (pbk.)
U1  - 994.0082 21
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Melbourne
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Convict labour
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - Women convicts
KW  - Women
KW  - Convict labor
KW  - fssh
KW  - Women immigrants
KW  - fast
KW  - Penal colonies
KW  - Women prisoners
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 1788-1851
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Prisoners
KW  - Immigration
KW  - Labour shortages
KW  - History, 1801-1900
KW  - Criminals
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Ireland
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography; Machine derived contents note: 1. Elizabeth: a note on data and method -- 2. Mercury's charges: the crimes of convict women -- 3. Piso's justice: Irish and English offenders -- 4. Economic accoutrements: the skills of convict women -- 5. Ireland's distant shores: working life in Ireland -- 6. England's castaways: working life in England -- 7. Colonial requirements: coerced and free immigrants -- 8. Misconceptions -- 9. Britain's loss/Australia's gain? -- Concluding remarks
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam028/95036710.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95036710.html
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