On 12 October 1915 German occupying forces in Belgium executed 49-year-old British matron Edith Cavell for 'escorting troops to the enemy'. Her death was portrayed by the Allied cause as a major atroc
This book recovers and interprets the enormous worldwide reaction to the death of British woman Edith Cavell at the hands of occupying German forces in Belgium.
Contact Zones makes a unique contribution to the history of Canadian women in imperialism and colonization. Through its attention to Native/Newcomer relations and women’s roles in the colonial project
This edited collection is about New Zealand's history as an imperial power, and about its evolving place within the British Empire. It revises and expands the history of empire within, to and from New
