Final Approaches: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781869403782 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This memoir presents the life of a distinguished civil servant and gives a fascinating look into a dramatic political career spanning from Singapore to New York City. With an unerring eye for humor blended with thoughtful insight, this autobiography provides a diplomat's viewpoint to some of the most important political events of the mid 20th century, including two revolutions, a war in Nigeria, and a peaceful attainment of independence.
This memoir presents the life of a distinguished civil servant and gives a fascinating look into a dramatic political career spanning from Singapore t...
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152,61 zł |
Age of Enterprise: Discovering the New Zealand Entrepreneur 1880-1910
ISBN: 9781869403812 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This history illustrates how entrepreneurship and innovation transformed the New Zealand economy in the 19th century--an otherwise bleak period in international economics. Drawing on case studies and historical evidence, this analysis explores the typical characteristics of these businessmen--"What qualities did they display? What role did they play in economic expansion?"--and discusses how small, local firms took advantage of industrial giants' protracted movements.
This history illustrates how entrepreneurship and innovation transformed the New Zealand economy in the 19th century--an otherwise bleak period in int...
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163,53 zł |
Holiday Seasons: Christmas, New Year and Easter in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand
ISBN: 9781869403829 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking readers back in time and across the seas, this peek inside the lives of New Zealand settlers offers delightful descriptions of traditional British festivals and documents their development after being transplanted into the young colony. Though the seasons were reversed, the vegetation unfamiliar, and the land isolated, the early colonial New Zealanders were devoted to their traditions and kept them up in the face of not only their physical environment but also the wide variety of religious cultures represented by both the colonists and the native islanders. The celebrations became...
Taking readers back in time and across the seas, this peek inside the lives of New Zealand settlers offers delightful descriptions of traditional Brit...
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136,23 zł |
Dreaming of a National Socialist Australia
ISBN: 9781876819910 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Australia First' is a good slogan that has been adopted by several quite different political ideologies. This book deals with the movement that developed slowly from about 1936 and came to an inglorious end in 1942. It grew out of the Victorian Socialist Party and the Rationalist Association. At first it attracted literary figures such as Xavier Herbert, Eleanor Dark, Miles Franklin. When it became heavily political, among its members were former communists and a Nazi Party member; some worked for the Labor Party, some for the United Australia Party (later the Liberal Party). One was a paid...
'Australia First' is a good slogan that has been adopted by several quite different political ideologies. This book deals with the movement that devel...
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106,63 zł |
Gold: Forgotten Histories and Lost Objects of Australia
ISBN: 9780521805957 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A team of prominent historians and curators have produced this innovative cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society. Throughout history, gold has been the "stuff" of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia 150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. The population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting.
A team of prominent historians and curators have produced this innovative cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian soc...
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420,15 zł |
The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, its People and their Origins
ISBN: 9780521807890 / Angielski / Twarda / 1010 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Documenting the dramatic history of Australian settlement, this monumental work describes the rich ethnic and cultural inheritance of the nation through the contributions of its people. It is one of the largest reference works of its kind, with approximately 250 contributors and almost one million words. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and- white, the book is both a comprehensive encyclopedia and a survey of the controversial debates about citizenship and multiculturalism now that Australia has attained the centenary of its federation. A first edition, which appeared in 1988, quickly...
Documenting the dramatic history of Australian settlement, this monumental work describes the rich ethnic and cultural inheritance of the nation throu...
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492,77 zł |
The Germans in Australia
ISBN: 9780521612432 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Germans have played a significant part in Australian history since 1788. For the first hundred years of European settlement they were the largest ethnic group on the continent, contributing to the development of the hinterlands of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Today there are an estimated 700,000 people in Australia of German descent. In the first hundred years of European settlement in Australia they were welcomed as industrious settlers and daring pioneers, skilful scientists and respected members of the medical and legal professions. Although two world wars...
Germans have played a significant part in Australian history since 1788. For the first hundred years of European settlement they were the largest ethn...
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197,11 zł |
John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition
ISBN: 9780814727744 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of John Devoy's 1876 Catalpa rescue is a tale of heroism, creativity, and the triumph of independent spirit in pursuit of freedom. The daily log on board the whaling ship Catalpa begins with the typical recount of a crew intact and a spirit unfettered, but such quiet words deceive the truth of the audacious enterprise that came to be known as one of the most important rescues in Irish American history. John Devoy's men rescued six Irish political prisoners from the Australian coast, allowing millions of fellow Irishmen and American-Fenians, many of whom... The story of John Devoy's 1876 Catalpa rescue is a tale of heroism, creativity, and the triumph of independent spirit in pursuit of freed... |
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119,25 zł |
The Rule of Law in a Penal Colony: Law and Politics in Early New South Wales
ISBN: 9780521372640 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, written by a lawyer and unique for its perspective based in both legal and social history, illuminates the important role played by the concept of the rule of law in the transformation of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free society. The convicts had first-hand experience of criminal law, but all the settlers were part of a culture that emphasized the rule of law as the guarantee of its fundamental political value, British liberty. Dr. Neal outlines the interaction between law and politics in early New South Wales, where because there were no official political structures,...
This book, written by a lawyer and unique for its perspective based in both legal and social history, illuminates the important role played by the con...
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461,64 zł |
To the Islands: White Australia and the Malay Archipelago Since 1788
ISBN: 9780739120514 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To the Islands offers a unique perspective on the evolution of economic, social and political interconnections between Australia and its island region spanning two centuries, from the early years of British colonization to the present day. The book advances the argument that globalizing processes are drawing Australia incrementally closer to modern day South East Asia and the wider Asia Pacific. While globalization is a term commonly associated with the twentieth century world, this study traces the history of Australia's regionalisation back to the nineteenth century; to the lived...
To the Islands offers a unique perspective on the evolution of economic, social and political interconnections between Australia and its island region...
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529,62 zł |
The Origins of Irish Convict Transportation to New South Wales: Mixture of Breeds
ISBN: 9780333584590 / Angielski / Miękka / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores the pre-history of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales which began with the Queen in April 1791. It traces earlier attempts to revive the trans-Atlantic convict trade and the frustrated efforts by Irish authorities to join in the Botany Bay scheme after 1786. The nine Irish shipments to North America and the West Indies are described in detail for the first time, including the dramatic outcomes in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the Leeward Islands which eventually forced the Home Office to find space for Irish convicts on the Third Fleet. These events are...
This study explores the pre-history of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales which began with the Queen in April 1791. It traces earlier att...
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391,77 zł |
Perplexities of Identification: Anthropological Studies in Cultural Differentiation & the Use of Resources
ISBN: 9788772888187 / Angielski / Twarda / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores how identities emerge, persist and change and which power resources are tapped in the course of this process.
Explores how identities emerge, persist and change and which power resources are tapped in the course of this process.
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98,29 zł |
British Imperialism and Australian Nationalism: Manipulation, Conflict and Compromise in the Late Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 9780521436045 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the relationship of the Australian colonies with Britain and the Empire in the late nineteenth century, and looks at the beginnings of Australian nationalism. It is the first detailed study of the formative period 1880-1900. As the debate about an Australian Republic becomes more heated, this book is a timely reexamination of the colonial character of Australia's federation and Australia's incorporation into an imperial framework.
This book examines the relationship of the Australian colonies with Britain and the Empire in the late nineteenth century, and looks at the beginnings...
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191,87 zł |
Australia's China: Changing Perceptions from the 1930s to the 1990s
ISBN: 9780521484978 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Australia's China explores the multifaceted and dynamic Australian encounter with China from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the present. This relationship, which was variously enriching, baffling and antagonistic, is traced through official papers, literature, film and interviews. Both popular and official reactions to China are examined, highlighting aspects of Australian identity and self-image. The competing and shifting perceptions of China also reflect the broader East-West encounter.
Australia's China explores the multifaceted and dynamic Australian encounter with China from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the pre...
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191,87 zł |
To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution
ISBN: 9780521668972 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This imaginative and resonant book looks at the constitution as a cultural artifact. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to locate federation and the constitution in the context of broader social, political and cultural changes. Despite its paradoxical construction, there is something uniquely Australian about the constitution, and it marked a utopian moment as the old century gave way to the new. Irving analyzes the background and outcomes of the recent Constitutional Convention and considers its significance for Australia's future. A new chapter covers the...
This imaginative and resonant book looks at the constitution as a cultural artifact. Irving looks beyond the well-known events, places and figures to ...
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171,17 zł |
Deliberative Democracy in Australia: The Changing Place of Parliament
ISBN: 9780521624589 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book evaluates the role and performance of the Australian parliament. It explores its institutional design and its principles and practices, presenting a compelling case for reform. Uhr looks at the place of representative assemblies in liberal political theory and examines ways in which deliberative democracy might be made more effective and meaningful in Australia. Combining political theory with first-hand knowledge of the Australian parliament, the author makes an important contribution to debates in Australia and internationally.
This book evaluates the role and performance of the Australian parliament. It explores its institutional design and its principles and practices, pres...
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430,52 zł |
Labour and Gold in Fiji
ISBN: 9780521363723 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a study of an important aspect of Pacific history and political economy, the mining of gold and the development of an indigenous labor force in Fiji from 1930 to 1970. The book focuses on the town of Vatukoula, which is in the northwest of Fiji's largest island Viti Levu and is the country's only company mining town. Labour and Gold in Fiji examines the mechanics of the labor market but also focuses on the ordinary working lives, experiences and struggles of the mining community. By examining the impact of gold mining in Fiji, 'Atu Emberson-Bain extracts a number of important...
This book is a study of an important aspect of Pacific history and political economy, the mining of gold and the development of an indigenous labor fo...
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383,84 zł |
Belonging: Australians, Place and Aboriginal Ownership
ISBN: 9780521773546 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This extraordinary book explores the feelings of non-Aboriginal Australians as they articulate their sense of belonging to the land. Peter Read asks the pivotal questions: What is the meaning of places important to non-Aboriginal Australians from which the Indigenous people have already been dispossessed? How are contemporary Australians thinking through the problem of knowing that their places of attachment are also the places that Aboriginals loved--and lost? And are the sites of all our deep affections to be contested, articulated, shared, foregone or possessed absolutely?
This extraordinary book explores the feelings of non-Aboriginal Australians as they articulate their sense of belonging to the land. Peter Read asks t...
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383,84 zł |
Criminal Law and Colonial Subject
ISBN: 9780521403795 / Angielski / Twarda / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the way in which the practice of law developed among the ordinary population. Paula Jane Byrne traces the boundaries among property, sexuality and violence, drawing from court records, dispositions and proceedings. She asks: What did ordinary people understand by guilt, suspicion, evidence and the term "offense"? She illuminates the values and beliefs of the emerging colonial consciousness and the complexity of power relations in the colony. The book reconstructs the legal process with great tetail and...
This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the way in which the practice of law developed among the ordina...
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653,56 zł |
The Country of Lost Children: An Australian Anxiety
ISBN: 9780521594400 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The figure of the lost child has haunted the Australian imagination. Peter Pierce's original and sometimes shocking study The Country of Lost Children traces this ambivalent and disturbing history. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from poetry, fiction and newspaper reports to paintings and films, The Country of Lost Children analyzes the cultural and moral implications of the lost child in Australian history and illuminates a crucial aspect of our present condition. At its core are confronting, often troubling, questions about childhood itself.
The figure of the lost child has haunted the Australian imagination. Peter Pierce's original and sometimes shocking study The Country of Lost Children...
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529,07 zł |