A concise history of Australia / Stuart Macintyre.
A concise history of Australia / Stuart Macintyre.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
Call Numbers
H 2013/6888 , N994/184 , 994/304
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 320 p. : ill., facsim., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Beginnings -- 2. Newcomers, c. 1600-1792 -- 3. Coercion, 1793-1821 -- 4. Emancipation, 1822-1850 -- 5. In thrall to progress, 1851-1888 -- 6. National reconstruction, 1889-1913 -- 7. Sacrifice, 1914-1945 -- 8. Golden age, 1946-1974 -- 9. Reinventing Australia, 1975-1999 -- 10. What next?
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Publisher
Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands of years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and describes how they brought technology, institutions and ideas...
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A concise history of Australia / Stuart Macintyre.
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Cambridge concise histories.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 293-305.
Mitchell Reference Library Copy: transferred from REF 1/994/304A.
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H 2013/6888 , N994/184 , 994/304
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ISBN
0521623596
9780521623599 (alk. paper)
0521623596 (alk. paper)
9780521625777 (pbk)
0521625777 (pbk)
9780521623599 :
0521623596 :
9780521625777 (pbk.) :
0521625777 (pbk.) :
9780521625777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521625777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780521623599
DDC
994
MMS ID
991011428769702626
