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• catalog abstract ""Convict Maids explodes many myths surrounding the forcible transportation of female convicts from Great Britain and Ireland only New South Wales. Rejecting the notion that these were worthless women recruited from a professional criminal class, Deborah Oxley argues that these women helped put the New South Wales economy on its feet."--BOOK JACKET. "Oxley's analysis of 7000 convict indents shows that the women were mostly first offenders transported for crimes trivial by today's standards. Convict women arrived with a range of skills, most were literate, and nearly all were young and healthy. All of these qualities made them exceptional immigrants available to be exploited by the new colony, which needed them both in the labour market and in the domestic sphere as wives and mothers. Oxley exposes how women have been downgraded in Australia's history by a misplaced focus on issues of sexuality and prostitution."--BOOK JACKET. "Every woman transported between 1826 and 1840 is included in this first major quantitative study of female convicts in New South Wales. Deborah Oxley examines English and Irish, rural and urban women, revealing their criminal profiles and work histories within the context of a rapidly changing legal system and two volatile economies undergoing immense transformations as England became the first industrial nation. But convict women workers were neither a straightforward cross-section of the population, nor were they simply the 'sweepings of the gaols': above all they had found employment as domestic servants. Quite literally, they were convict maids, and the demand for them was high."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b9160154.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description ""Convict Maids explodes many myths surrounding the forcible transportation of female convicts from Great Britain and Ireland only New South Wales. Rejecting the notion that these were worthless women recruited from a professional criminal class, Deborah Oxley argues that these women helped put the New South Wales economy on its feet."--BOOK JACKET. "Oxley's analysis of 7000 convict indents shows that the women were mostly first offenders transported for crimes trivial by today's standards. Convict women arrived with a range of skills, most were literate, and nearly all were young and healthy. All of these qualities made them exceptional immigrants available to be exploited by the new colony, which needed them both in the labour market and in the domestic sphere as wives and mothers. Oxley exposes how women have been downgraded in Australia's history by a misplaced focus on issues of sexuality and prostitution."--BOOK JACKET. "Every woman transported between 1826 and 1840 is included in this first major quantitative study of female convicts in New South Wales. Deborah Oxley examines English and Irish, rural and urban women, revealing their criminal profiles and work histories within the context of a rapidly changing legal system and two volatile economies undergoing immense transformations as England became the first industrial nation. But convict women workers were neither a straightforward cross-section of the population, nor were they simply the 'sweepings of the gaols': above all they had found employment as domestic servants. Quite literally, they were convict maids, and the demand for them was high."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-329) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: Creative Tensions -- 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 -- App. 1. Convict Vessels -- App. 2. Crime Classification -- App. 3. Stolen Goods Classification -- App. 4. Social-skill Classification -- App. 5. Irish Census Classification -- App. 6. English Census Classification -- App. 7. Free Immigrant Classification -- App. 8. Statistical Appendix (with contents list).".
• catalog extent "xi, 339 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0521441315 (hb : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0521446775 (pb : alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in Australian history".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Australia".
• catalog subject "364.6/8 20".
• catalog subject "Convict labor Australia History.".
• catalog subject "HV8950.A8 O95 1996".
• catalog subject "Penal colonies Australia History.".
• catalog subject "Women immigrants Australia History.".
• catalog subject "Women prisoners Australia History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Creative Tensions -- 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 -- App. 1. Convict Vessels -- App. 2. Crime Classification -- App. 3. Stolen Goods Classification -- App. 4. Social-skill Classification -- App. 5. Irish Census Classification -- App. 6. English Census Classification -- App. 7. Free Immigrant Classification -- App. 8. Statistical Appendix (with contents list).".
• catalog title "Convict maids : the forced migration of women to Australia / Deborah Oxley.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".