Bruce Scates (Canberra Australian National University), Melanie Oppenheimer (Flinders University of South Australia)

The Last Battle

Soldier Settlement in Australia 1916-1939

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Richly illustrated with archival photographs and sketches, The Last Battle covers new ground in its social approach to the history of Australian soldier settlement and is an important contribution to the emerging field of repatriation studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 177mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1002g
• ISBN-13: 9781107125063
• ISBN-10: 1107125065
• Artikelnr.: 45155211

Autorenporträt

Professor Bruce Scates is Chair of History and Australian Studies and Director at the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University, Victoria.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Managing the Men: 1. 'When the inspector calls': the yeoman quest
2. 'Men on the margins': suspect soldiers
3. 'I intend to get justice': moral economy
Part II. Battling the Land: 4. 'Droughts and flooding rains': markets and seasons
5. 'A land only fit for rabbits': environmental degradation
Part III. Damaged Men: 6. 'War wrecked': sending cripples to the country
7. 'From the farm to the asylum': mad and 'nervy' men
Part IV. Getting On: 8. 'Taking on a holding': women and families on the land
9. 'Settling down': successful soldier settlers.