The Australian Colonists
An Exploration of Social History, 1788-1870
$54.99
- Paperback
398 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1988
Summary
A social history of the period from 1788 to 1870.A social history of the period from 1788 to 1870 from the beginning of British settlement of Australia to the year when the last British soldiers sailed home from the colonies.In his inimitable fashion Inglis tells the story of convicts, currency lads and emigrants settling into their new land. The newcomers brought with them from the old world their traditional holidays and made their own fetes in the new. We see them facing natural enemies in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522845266 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522845266 |
| Author: | Ken Inglis |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 398 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1988 |
| Weight: | 588g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Ken Inglis
Ken Inglis is Visiting Fellow, Australian Dictionary of Biography at the ANU and was formerly Vice-Chancellor and Professor of History at the University of Papua New Guinea. He has had a long and distinguished teaching and recearch career at Brown, Harvard , Cork, Hawaii, Cambridge and Rutgers Universities and is the author of nine books. He is chairman of the editorial board of the Australian Dictionary of Biography and a regular contributor to academic and general journals, newspapers and ABC radio.
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