The Story of Australia: A New History of People and Place

ISBN-13: 9781032029504 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 256 str.

Louise C. Johnson; Tanja Luckins; David Walker

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Provides a fresh, engaging and comprehensive introduction to Australia’s history and geography. In the late eighteenth century newcomers from distant worlds brought great change. Since that time Australia has been shaped by many peoples with competing visions of what the future might hold.

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Table of Contents List of Illustrations, maps and tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Origin Stories Chapter 2 Manifest Destiny? Chapter 3 Dispossessing and Settling Chapter 4 An Immigrating World Chapter 5 City Lights and Suburban Dreaming Chapter 6 A Continent for a Nation Chapter 7 Sacrifice Chapter 8 Reforging a Nation Chapter 9 Land of Tomorrow Chapter 10 Shifting Temperaments Chapter 11 Reimagining the Land Chapter 12 Global Visions Index