Wunderbar Country: Germans Look at Australia, 1850-1914

ISBN-13: 9781032403939 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 246 str.

Colin Doxford

Opis

Wunderbar Country (1982) examines the experiences of Australia’s second largest migrant community, the Germans. Many Germans saw Australia as a land of social equality and mobility, with unlimited resources and economic possibilities. This book analyses Australian social legislation and the experiences of immigrants from Germany.

Spis treści

Part 1. The Land of Social Miracles  1. The Labour Movement in Australia, 1890–1905 Käthe Lux  2. Factory Legislation in Victoria Benno Karpeles  3. Australia Leads the Labour Fight: Two Letters  4. The Workers’ Paradise Robert Schachner  5. Capital and Labour Alfred Manes  6. Workers’ Conditions in Australia Max Schippel  7. The New Zealand Ideal Max Beer  8. The Backwardness of Socialism in Australia Andrew M. Anderson  9. A Quiet Backwater: Two Letters  10. Six Months in Brisbane Emil Hansel  Part 2. The People and the Bush  11. By Royal Mail from Sydney to Albury Friedrich Gerstäcker  12. Travels in New England Theodore Müller  13. An Early Conservationist Count Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt  14. From Adelaide: A Migrant’s Lament G. Listemann  15. Australian Women Dr A. Lurz  16. Australian Men: Two Opinions Emanuel Korff and Albert Daiber  17. Marvellous Ballarat Mishka Hauser  18. A Miraculous Escape Amalia Dietrich  19. A Meeting With Ned Kelly Count Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt  20. Love at Bong Bong Emil Hansel

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