Inga Clendinnen

Broschiertes Buch

Dancing with Strangers

Beschreibung

In January of 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women encountered the people who will be their new neighbours;

Autor

INGA CLENDINNEN is a distinguished historian and author. Reading the Holocaust was named a New York Times Best Book of the Year and was awarded the New South Wales Premier's General History Award in 1999. Her subsequent work, Tiger's Eye was awarded the 2002 Adelaide Festival Award for Innovation and the Nita B.Kibble Award for Women Writers 2001 and was shortlisted for the Age Book of the Year Award 2000. Her essays and short stories have been widely published.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 146mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9781841956992
• ISBN-10: 1841956996
• Artikelnr.: 22405270

Rezensionen

"In this book Inga Clendinnen breathes new life into early contact between indigenous and incoming peoples in Sydney, Australia, during the late eighteenth century...This book is a wonderful rollercoaster ride through the highs and lows of cross-cultural contact, and is highly recommended." - American Historical Review, Fiona Paisley, Griffith University