F. G. Clarke, Frank G. Clarke

The History of Australia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Australian history has been written for over two centuries beginning with European explorers and colonists attempting to convey something of the complexity of the strange upside-down world they encountered in the southern hemisphere. Of course, aboriginal peoples had lived in Australia for millennia before the arrival of the whites. Modern Australia has its foundations in these two cultural strands. Intertwined with these are the impact of colonialism and federation, indentured servitude and convict transportation, the effects of El Niño on European-style farming techniques, gold rushes, and longstanding issues of ethnicity, immigration, and religious tolerance. Covering these topics and more, this most recent and up-to date narrative history of Australia includes a timeline of major events, a biographic sketches of noteworthy historical figures, and a bibliographic essay. Noted historian of Australia, Francis Clarke, provides a complete, comprehensive, and contemporary account of the political, economic, and cultural forces of each period of Australian history and gives readers a clear understanding of the many factors that have shaped the country. Written for a general audience, The History of Australia is the perfect introduction to Land Down Under.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780313314988
• ISBN-10: 0313314985
• Artikelnr.: 22398907

Autorenporträt

Frank G. Clarke

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Timeline The Nuts and Bolts of Modern Australia Aboriginal Australia c.65,000 BCE
18th Century CE European Arrivals and Colonization 17th Century
1830 Riding on the Sheep's Back 1831
1855 Gold and the Long Boom 1856
1890 The Bubble Bursts and the Road to Federation 1891
1900 Advance Australia Fair 1901
1919 A Land fit for Heroes and the Great Bust 1920
1939 War, Reconstruction, and the Cold War 1940
1966 Vietnam, People Power, and the Conservative Resurgence 1967
1983 Deconstruction and Multiculturalism 1984
1996 Mutual Obligation and the Conservative Revival 1997
2001 Advance Australia Where? 2001 + Bibliographical Essay Notable Australians Index