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Discovering Australia's Historical Milemarkers and Boundary Stones
ISBN: 9781483636894 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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273,89 zł |
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Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia
ISBN: 9781863956116 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia ... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of "felony of sock," and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia.It recounts the misfortunes of the escaped Irish convicts who set out to walk from... Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia ... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australi... |
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96,82 zł |
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The Fatal Shore
ISBN: 9780099448549 / Angielski / Miękka / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia.
An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the p...
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76,32 zł |
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The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Story of the Founding of Australia
ISBN: 9780099483748 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Tells the story of modern Australia begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences but crime was rife, and the gaols were bursting.
Tells the story of modern Australia begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences but crime was rife, and the gaol...
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71,20 zł |
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The Tall Man : Death and Life on Palm Island
ISBN: 9780099520764 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 'The Tall Man' is the story of Chloe Hooper's investigation into the death of an Aboriginal resident on Australia's Palm Island in 2004. Hooper explores Aboriginal myths and history, and uncovers buried secrets of white mischief, as she attempts to find out what really happened.
'The Tall Man' is the story of Chloe Hooper's investigation into the death of an Aboriginal resident on Australia's Palm Island in 2004. Hooper explor...
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87,64 zł |
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Australia
ISBN: 9780099772910 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Australia celebrates one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the inspiring story of how a one-time British colony with only two sorts of citizens, convicts and gaolers, turned itself into a proud, prosperous and confident country, the greatest sporting nation on earth, where the citizens of its high-leisure cities enjoy a lifestyle that is the envy of the world. The original hostile factions of British Protestants and Irish Catholics were joined by gold rush adventurers, waves of migrants seeking a new life, war-shattered Europeans...
Australia celebrates one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the inspiring story of how ...
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71,20 zł |
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Australia's Empire
ISBN: 9780199273737 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself.
The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues-ranging from the disinheritance of the Aborigines to the foundations of a new democratic state. The overriding theme is the distinctive Australian perspective on empire. The country's adherence to imperial ideals and aspirations involved not merely the building of a 'new Britannia' but also the forging of a distinctive new culture and society. It... This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself.
The volume exam... |
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238,10 zł |
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Australia: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199589937 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging thematic introduction to modern Australia, examining the main features of its history, geography and culture since the beginning of European settlement in New South Wales in 1788. It highlights the distinctive features of Australian life by placing contemporary developments in historical perspective, by paying attention to Australia's indigenous culture, and by making connections between Australia and the wider world. Morgan also balances his discussion of the successful growth of Australian institutions and democratic...
In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging thematic introduction to modern Australia, examining the main features of its ...
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45,78 zł |
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Empire and Environmental Anxiety: Health, Science, Art and Conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920
ISBN: 9780230553200 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together South Asia and Australasia, this book demonstrates how environmental anxieties led to increasing state resource management, conservation, and urban reform.
A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interac...
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384,63 zł |
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Intimate Strangers: Friendship, Exchange and Pacific Encounters
ISBN: 9780521728782 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When Louis Antoine de Bougainville reached Tahiti in 1768, he was struck by the way in which 'All these people came crying out tayo, which means friend, and gave a thousand signs of friendship; they all asked nails and ear-rings of us.' Reading the archive of early contact in Oceania against European traditions of thinking about intimacy and exchange, Vanessa Smith illuminates the traditions and desires that led Bougainville and other European voyagers to believe that the first word they heard in the Pacific was the word for friend. Her book encompasses forty years of encounters from the...
When Louis Antoine de Bougainville reached Tahiti in 1768, he was struck by the way in which 'All these people came crying out tayo, which means frien...
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214,59 zł |
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Australian Fashion Unstitched
ISBN: 9780521756495 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Australian Fashion Unstitched provides a compelling and authoritative survey of the myriad influences and attributes of Australian fashion over the last sixty years. This post-war period saw Australia's fashion industry come of age. The word couturier became part of the Australian lexicon and glamorous Paris catwalk shows graced our shores, showcasing overseas styling to large audiences in our major cities. Displaying pride in our nationhood and paying tribute to our heritage, our young and emerging designers, in turn, embarked upon a long, sometimes arduous journey to offer Australian...
Australian Fashion Unstitched provides a compelling and authoritative survey of the myriad influences and attributes of Australian fashion over the la...
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188,92 zł |
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Captain Cook Was Here
ISBN: 9780521762403 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book tells the story of the first landing of Captain Cook on the east coast of Australia in 1770.
This book tells the story of the first landing of Captain Cook on the east coast of Australia in 1770.
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154,29 zł |
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Australia and the New World Order
ISBN: 9780521765879 / Angielski / Twarda / 694 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This volume of the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations is the first comprehensive study of Australia's role in the peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations that developed at the end of the Cold War. It recounts vital missions including Namibia (1989 90), Iran (1988 90) and Pakistan/Afghanistan (1989 93), and focuses primarily on Australia's reaction to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, including its maritime interception operations, and its controversial participation in the 1991 Gulf War. With exclusive access to Australian Government...
This volume of the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations is the first comprehensive study of Australi...
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603,18 zł |
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Sydney
ISBN: 9780571241798 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Renowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created - but the most hyperbolic, the youngest at heart, the shinest'.
Renowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created - but the most hyperb...
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55,97 zł |
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Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth
ISBN: 9780691154671 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of how Australia cultivated and sustained economic growth and success. Beginning with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the eighteenth century, Ian McLean argues that Australia's remarkable prosperity across nearly two centuries was reached and maintained by several shifting factors. These... This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settle... |
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230,20 zł |
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
ISBN: 9780747596707 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter
A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter
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71,20 zł |
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Southwest Passage: The Yanks in the Pacific
ISBN: 9780803240988 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) At a time when few Americans had visited Australia, journalist John Lardner sailed down under with the U.S. armed forces as one of the first American war correspondents in the Pacific theater. With his excellent sense of humor and gift for narrative, Lardner penned vignettes of MacArthur s arrival and his reception in Melbourne and a flight with the daring Dutch flier Capt. Hans Smits. More frequently, Lardner wrote about the ordinary day and the average person. Traveling throughout the country, in Southwest Passage Lardner offers a glimpse of Australia in the 1940s and generates... At a time when few Americans had visited Australia, journalist John Lardner sailed down under with the U.S. armed forces as one of the first Americ... |
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104,09 zł |
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Cultural History in Australia
ISBN: 9780868405896 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book celebrates the diversity of cultural history but also asks hard questions about its popularity, and assesses the ways in which it is practiced. Australian historians reflect on the theoretical assumptions from which cultural history draws, and its strategies and assumptions.
This book celebrates the diversity of cultural history but also asks hard questions about its popularity, and assesses the ways in which it is practic...
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147,71 zł |
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A Concise History of New Zealand
ISBN: 9781107402171 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlights the effects of the country's smallness and isolation, from its late settlement by Polynesian voyagers and colonisation by Europeans and the exchanges that made these people Maori and Pakeha to the dramatic struggles over land and recent efforts to manage global forces. A Concise History of New Zealand places New Zealand in its...
New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narr...
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128,79 zł |
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New South Wales: Its Present State and Future Prospects
ISBN: 9781108039321 / Angielski / Miękka / 654 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This 1837 book was ghost-written by the young Edward Edwards (1812 86), later a key figure in the development of British public libraries. It contains two petitions requesting closer British government involvement in the transition of New South Wales from a convict colony to a well run society of respectable emigrants. It includes the names and, unusually for that period, the domiciles of all the petitioners, together with supporting arguments and detailed statistical documentation about the population, economy, laws and governance of the colony. The publication was supervised by the wealthy...
This 1837 book was ghost-written by the young Edward Edwards (1812 86), later a key figure in the development of British public libraries. It contains...
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376,92 zł |
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