It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.
Angela Woollacott
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3
Catalog books
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2
Works
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2006 to 2012
Strongest span
Who This Author Is
Angela Woollacott examines how gender shaped and was reshaped by imperial power. In Gender and Empire she traces interactions among colonizers and colonized, arguing that gendered ideas influenced policy, labor, and social hierarchies across settler and metropolitan contexts, blending archival detail with comparative interpretation.
Woollacott’s writing links intimate lives to large institutions, showing how masculinity and femininity underpinned governance, migration, and economic change. Her account foregrounds women’s and men’s differing experiences within empire, revealing contested identities and everyday practices that sustained imperial rule.
Best Place To Start
Author At A Glance
Best known for: Gender and Empire • Gendered analysis of imperial history • Long-form scholarly synthesis
Genres and themes: Gender studies • Imperial and colonial history • Social and cultural history
Who this author is best for: For readers who want rigorous, densely argued scholarship on how gender shaped imperial structures and everyday life.
Start with the listed book and use its bibliography and chapter structure to follow topics or case studies that interest you.
Top Books To Start With
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Bloomsbury UK • 2006 • oversized commitment
UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2006 • 864 pages.
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On Her Their Lives Depend: Munitions Workers in the Great War
Univ of California Pr • standard commitment
It stands out partly because the publisher trail is clearer than usual for this author page.
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History for the Australian Curriculum Year 8 Bundle 3
Cambridge University Press • 2012 • commitment varies by edition
UPB note: year signal: 2012.
How The Picks Compare
- On Her Their Lives Depend: Munitions Workers in the Great War is the easier short commitment, while Gender and Empire asks for more reading time up front.
- History for the Australian Curriculum Year 8 Bundle 3 is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from Gender and Empire.