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In Oceania: Visions, Artifacts, Histories
ISBN: 9780822320029 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection of essays, ""Nicholas Thomas, a leading theorist of historical anthropology, explores the historicization of cultural encounters in the region referred to as Oceania. Basing his claims on wide-ranging historical and ethnographic research and building on his celebrated studies of exchange and colonialism in the Pacific, Thomas describes how outsiders and islanders alike have constructed indigenous cultures over the last two hundred years.
"In Oceania" documents and analyzes the "rhetorical artifacts" of explorers, missionaries, fiction and travel writers, and the people... In this collection of essays, ""Nicholas Thomas, a leading theorist of historical anthropology, explores the historicization of cultural encounters in...
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460,38 |
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A History of Australia: v. 2: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-38
ISBN: 9780522841664 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,82 |
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Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation
ISBN: 9780522848168 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text presents Aboriginal sacred sites and the religious post-colonial history of Australia.
This text presents Aboriginal sacred sites and the religious post-colonial history of Australia.
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122,40 |
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Catherine: On Catherine Currie's Diary, 1873-1908
ISBN: 9780522848366 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work uses parallel narratives to tell Catherine's story. Five chapters interweave quotes with comment and explanation. Between these chapters runs a twentieth century voice, offering reflections on themes such as 'madness' and 'landscape'.
This work uses parallel narratives to tell Catherine's story. Five chapters interweave quotes with comment and explanation. Between these chapters run...
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141,98 |
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A History of Australia: Vols 5 & 6: 1888-1935
ISBN: 9780522848991 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last two volumes in Manning Clark's classic six-volume history of Australia. These two texts cover Federation, the Boer War and World War I's Gallipoli. They finish with the story of an emerging Australian identity at the point of its greatest trial - the outbreak of World War I.
The last two volumes in Manning Clark's classic six-volume history of Australia. These two texts cover Federation, the Boer War and World War I's Gall...
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176,32 |
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The Native-Born: The First White Australians
ISBN: 9780522849035 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautifully written, absorbing and thoughtful book tells the story of the first white Australians. Born before 1850. Most were the children of convicts. They had no access to land and no education, and free settlers generally treated them with contempt, as second-rate citizens.
This beautifully written, absorbing and thoughtful book tells the story of the first white Australians. Born before 1850. Most were the children of co...
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137,09 |
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The Coldest March
ISBN: 9780522850239 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work tells the tragic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team who in November 1911 strived to be the first to reach the South Pole. After marching and skiing more than 900 miles, they reached the Pole only to discover that a group of Norwegians had been there a month earlier.
This work tells the tragic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team who in November 1911 strived to be the first to reach the South Pole. Aft...
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141,98 |
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The Artificial Horizon: Imagining the Blue Mountains
ISBN: 9780522851519 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Martin Thomas takes the reader on a journey through a compelling study of culture, landscape and mythology. For both Aboriginal people and their colonisers, the rugged landscape of the Blue Mountains has stood as an intriguing riddle and a stimulus to the imagination. The author evokes this dramatic and bewildering landscape and leads his readers through the cultural history of the locality in order to probe the 'dreamwork of imperialism'.
Martin Thomas takes the reader on a journey through a compelling study of culture, landscape and mythology. For both Aboriginal people and their colo...
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137,09 |
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The Howard Factor: A Decade That Transformed a Nation
ISBN: 9780522852844 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,09 |
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The Cruise of HMS Calliope in China, Australian and East African Waters, 1887-1890
ISBN: 9781108045889 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthur Cornwallis Evans (1860 1935) was chaplain on the steamship HMS Calliope on a three-year voyage to Asia and Australia (January 1887 to April 1890) that covered 76,814 nautical miles (88,395 miles), with more than 500 days spent at sea. He compiled this lively account of the voyage at the request of his shipmates, drawing information from several of their journals, and published it in Portsmouth in 1890 before the crew dispersed. It contains both brief factual entries about the progress of the voyage and more sustained descriptions of life on board ship and in port, including some naval...
Arthur Cornwallis Evans (1860 1935) was chaplain on the steamship HMS Calliope on a three-year voyage to Asia and Australia (January 1887 to April 189...
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184,51 |
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Botany Bay: The Real Story
ISBN: 9781863955546 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time in two hundred years, here is a full and authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia. We all know the conventional story. Established as a dumping ground for Britain's criminals, Australia owes its existence simply to overcrowded jails and a daunting remoteness from everywhere else. In Botany Bay: The Real Story, Alan Frost goes beyond these cliches to shed new light on the decision to settle New South Wales. He examines the hopes and fears of the politicians who took the decision, and the larger commercial and military needs that underwrote it. In the years...
For the first time in two hundred years, here is a full and authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia. We all know the conventional stor...
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64,69 |
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Remapping the Future: History, Culture and Environment in Australia and India
ISBN: 9781443850612 / Angielski / Twarda / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen an increasing trend in the field of Australian Studies for scholars to situate their research within a broader international context and conversation. In some cases, this involves exploring how concepts developed in other national contexts can be employed to illuminate aspects of the Australian experience; in others, the focus is on the transnational movement of people and ideas between Australia and the rest of the world. This collection of essays represents a selection of this recent scholarship, particularly in relation to conversations...
The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen an increasing trend in the field of Australian Studies for scholars to situate their research wi...
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206,17 |
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Searching for the Beaumont Children: Australia's Most Famous Unsolved Mystery
ISBN: 9781740311069 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Wednesday, 26 January 1966 -Australia Day- the three Beaumont children left their home in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park for a morning at the beach. By the end of the day, the worst fears of every Australian parent were realised when Jane, aged 9, her sister Arnna, 7, and their four-year-old brother, Grant, did not return home. The -Beaumont Children Case- remains Australia's most famous unsolved mystery. The unknown fate of the three siblings has become an integral part of Australia's urban mythology. More than any other crime, the disappearance of the Beaumont children has become...
On Wednesday, 26 January 1966 -Australia Day- the three Beaumont children left their home in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park for a morning at the...
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134,68 |
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Image of Australia
ISBN: 9780292744240 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume, originally published as a special issue of The Texas Quarterly in 1962, contains a collection of Australian literature and essays on Australian culture. This volume, originally published as a special issue of The Texas Quarterly in 1962, contains a collection of Australian literature an... |
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127,29 |
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Nationalism in Asia: A History Since 1945
ISBN: 9780470673010 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea.
Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: ... |
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334,85 |
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Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Van Diemen's Land: During the Last Three Years of Sir John Franklin's Administration of Its Government
ISBN: 9781108049757 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The famous explorer of the Arctic region, Sir John Franklin (1786 1847) was appointed Governor of the penal colony of Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) in 1837. At first enthusiastically welcomed by the free colonists of the island, Franklin quickly became embroiled in political and administrative difficulties, and his compassion for convicts and aboriginals alike was incompatible with his duties. In 1843, colonial officials loyal to his predecessor succeeded in getting Franklin recalled by sending damaging accounts of his conduct to London. This pamphlet was Franklin's defence of...
The famous explorer of the Arctic region, Sir John Franklin (1786 1847) was appointed Governor of the penal colony of Tasmania (then known as Van Diem...
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138,33 |
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Deadly Secrets: The Singapore Raids 1942-45
ISBN: 9781863514101 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating account of some of the most daring, and politically motivated, missions undertaken by Australian soldiers behind enemy lines in WWII Singapore.
A fascinating account of some of the most daring, and politically motivated, missions undertaken by Australian soldiers behind enemy lines in WWII Sin...
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97,90 |
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With the Lost Legion in New Zealand: the War Against the Maoris 1866-71
ISBN: 9780857068569 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The War against the Maoris of New Zealand
The author of this book, sometimes known as 'Maori Browne, ' had a long career as a colonial soldier. He left posterity with three books based either on his career or the experiences of men he knew. They focus on warfare as experienced by men like himself-tough, resourceful individuals who enjoyed fighting and were expert marksmen, horsemen and seasoned campaigners. Irrespective of who they were and where they fought Browne affectionately refers to them as the 'Lost Legion'-those upon whose blood and toil the British Empire (in his opinion) was... The War against the Maoris of New Zealand
The author of this book, sometimes known as 'Maori Browne, ' had a long career as a colonial soldier. H... |
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145,88 |
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With the Lost Legion in New Zealand: the War Against the Maoris 1866-71
ISBN: 9780857068576 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The War against the Maoris of New Zealand
The author of this book, sometimes known as 'Maori Browne, ' had a long career as a colonial soldier. He left posterity with three books based either on his career or the experiences of men he knew. They focus on warfare as experienced by men like himself-tough, resourceful individuals who enjoyed fighting and were expert marksmen, horsemen and seasoned campaigners. Irrespective of who they were and where they fought Browne affectionately refers to them as the 'Lost Legion'-those upon whose blood and toil the British Empire (in his opinion) was... The War against the Maoris of New Zealand
The author of this book, sometimes known as 'Maori Browne, ' had a long career as a colonial soldier. H... |
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87,49 |
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Men and Manliness on the Frontier: Queensland and British Columbia in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 9780230250178 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In mid-nineteenth-century Britain, there existed a dominant discourse on what it meant to be a man -denoted by the term 'manliness'. Based on the sociological work of R.W. Connell and others who argue that gender is performative, Robert Hogg asks how British men performed manliness on the colonial frontiers of Queensland and British Columbia.
In mid-nineteenth-century Britain, there existed a dominant discourse on what it meant to be a man -denoted by the term 'manliness'. Based on the soci...
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201,24 |
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