Sandra Tomc, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Words for a song: unpaid work in nineteenth-century U.S. print capitalism
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$88,078
Fashion nation: dress and U.S. nationalism, 1770-1900
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$62,810
Gentility and enterprise in Antebellum America
SSHRC · 1997 · Principal investigator
$16,400

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Words for a song: unpaid work in nineteenth-century U.S. print capitalism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tomc, Sandra

Keywords: publishing; unpaid work; labour; creative economy; print culture; copyright; nineteenth-century U.S authorship

$88,078

Fashion nation: dress and U.S. nationalism, 1770-1900

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Tomc, Sandra

Keywords: U.S. literature and culture

$62,810

Gentility and enterprise in Antebellum America

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Tomc, Sandra

Keywords: Leisure; labour; enterprise; gentility; mobility; fashion; manners; travel

$16,400

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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