Kategoria BISAC: History >> Australia & New Zealand - General

- What makes people care about the environment?

- Why and how do different cultural groups value land in different ways?

With increasing international concern about green issues, and the apparent failure of mechanistic solutions to complex problems, Uncommon Ground provides a timely understanding of the cultural values that underpin human-environmental relations. Through a comparison of two very different groups, the Aboriginal people and the white cattle farmers in Far North Queensland, Uncommon Ground explores how the human-environmental relationship is culturally...

A small canoe with Polynesians brought the first humans to Easter Island in 700 CE, and when boat travel in the South Pacific drastically...

Biography of a Book traces the life of an iconic Australian literary work in the lead-up to, and for a century after, its initial publication: Henry Lawson's 1896 collection While the Billy Boils. Paul Eggert follows Lawson's gradual development of a pared-back bush realism in the early 1890s, as he struggled to forge a career, writing short stories and sketches for the newspapers. Lawson's famous collection came out at a decisive moment for the development of a fully professional Australian literary publishing industry, then in its infancy in Sydney. The...

Bringing together respected commentators and politicians such as Robert Manne, Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop, Wayne Errington and George Brandis, this in-depth compendium examines, among other issues, the contemporary debate over liberalism, the Howard legacy, and the battle for the heart and soul of Australia. Former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson contributes a chapter on his vision for Australia and his plan to bring the Liberals back from the wilderness. This volume is an invaluable analysis of the challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities that lie ahead for the Liberal party.

The experiences of World War I touched the lives of a generation but memories of this momentous experience vary enormously throughout the world. In Britain, there was a strong reaction against militarism but in the Dominion powers of Canada, Australia and New Zealand the response was very different. For these former colonial powers, the experience of war was largely accepted as a national rite of passage and their pride and respect for their soldiers' sacrifices found its focus in a powerful nationalist drive. How did a single, supposedly shared experience provoke such contrasting...

Sarantakes examines Britain's motivations for participating in the invasion of Japan, the roles envisioned by its Commonwealth nations, and the United States' decision to accept their participation. He shows...