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Convict Workers
Reinterpreting Australia's Past
Häftad, 2007
623 kr
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State and private employers in New South Wales recognised the convicts' previous occupations, and employed a large proportion of them in the same occupations they had held at home. The women convicts - often classified as prostitutes - in fact brought a range of occupational skills equally as …
Colonial Technology
Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia
Av Jan Todd
Häftad, 2009
552 kr
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Australia has always imported overseas technology, largely out of necessity, but has this been exploitative, fostering a relationship of dependence, or used to Australia's advantage? Jan Todd explores this question in the context of nineteenth-century science. In her important study, Todd argues …
The Invisible State
The Formation of the Australian State
Inbunden, 1991
1693 kr
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In the modern State, power rests on the consensus of the citizens. They accord its institutions the authority to regulate society. State theory suggests that this authority is a right to speak on certain matters in certain ways and to have the audience agree with those statements. It is a matter of …
The Rule of Law in a Penal Colony
Law and Politics in Early New South Wales
Av David Neal
Inbunden, 1992
1576 kr
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Ironically, the first civil case to be heard in Australia occurred at the behest of two convicts under sentence. Of course, convicts had first-hand experience of criminal law, but all the settlers were part of a culture which emphasised the rule of law as the guarantee of its fundamental political …
The Price of Health
Australian Governments and Medical Politics 1910-1960
Inbunden, 1991
2029 kr
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No area of social welfare in Australia has seen as much conflict as health policy. Clashes have involved the medical profession, bureaucrats, friendly societies and political parties, often to the detriment of the patient. This 1991 book provides background to the current debate by studying the …
Criminal Law and Colonial Subject
Inbunden, 1993
2130 kr
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1810-1830 was a crucial period in the development of New South Wales, when the legal foundations of a free-settler and emancipist society were laid. This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the practice of law among the ordinary population. Paula Jane …
The Origins of Australia's Capital Cities
Häftad, 1990
770 kr
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The Origins of Australia's Capital Cities is a comprehensive survey, well illustrated with maps and plans, which aims to answer two questions. First, why Australia's eight capital cities are situated where they are, and second, how they were established. Pairs of chapters on each of the State …
Knowing Women
Origins of Women's Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia
Häftad, 1996
485 kr
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Knowing Women is a comprehensive study of female education in nineteenth-century Australia, placed in international perspective. It covers a wide range of topics, including the evolution of the teaching profession; the private ladies' academies and their proprietors; the entry of women to the …
British Imperialism and Australian Nationalism
Manipulation, Conflict and Compromise in the Late Nineteenth Century
Av Luke Trainor
Inbunden, 1994
1610 kr
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This book examines the relationship of the Australian colonies with Britain and Empire in the late nineteenth century, and looks at the first murmurings of Australian nationalism. It is the first detailed study of the formative period 1880-1900. The book argues that many of the features of the …
British Imperialism and Australian Nationalism
Manipulation, Conflict and Compromise in the Late Nineteenth Century
Av Luke Trainor
Häftad, 1992
653 kr
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This book examines the relationship of the Australian colonies with Britain and Empire in the late nineteenth century, and looks at the first murmurings of Australian nationalism. It is the first detailed study of the formative period 1880-1900. The book argues that many of the features of the …
Woman Suffrage in Australia
Häftad, 1992
586 kr
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With the granting of the vote to women in 1902 Australian suffragist Rose Scott told male politicians that their names would be remembered when the names of the suffragettes had been forgotten. Her words have held true for the best part of this century, until the publication of this 1993 book. …
Convict Maids
The Forced Migration of Women to Australia
Häftad, 1996
603 kr
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Convict Maids destroys the myth that the female convicts transported from Britain and Ireland to New South Wales between 1826 and 1840 were mainly prostitutes, professional criminals and the 'sweepings of the gaols'. Deborah Oxley argues that in fact these women helped put the colony on its feet. …
Outback Ghettos
Aborigines, Institutionalisation and Survival
Av Peggy Brock
Häftad, 1993
435 kr
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Up until the 1970s, a large proportion of Aboriginal people in Australia had some experience in institutions as part of government assimilation and protection policies. By focusing on three communities in South Australia, this book attempts to understand the consequences of this …
Fashioned from Penury
Dress as Cultural Practice in Colonial Australia
Inbunden, 1994
1509 kr
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It is a common belief that Australians take little interest in their appearance. Yet from the first white settlement, clothing was of crucial importance to Australians. It was central to the ways class and status were negotiated and equally significant for marking out sexual differences. Dress was …
Gender and War
Australians at War in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 1995
687 kr
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War has been a key part of the Australian experience and central to many national mythologies. Yet more than most activities, war polarises femininity and masculinity. This exciting collection of essays explores the inter-relationship of gender and war in Australia for the first time. Traditional …
The Politics of Work
Gender and Labour in Victoria, 1880-1939
Häftad, 1993
586 kr
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Australia has a strong tradition of labour historiography, which until recently has been focused on the institutions of the labour movement: trade unions and labour parties. This book shifts the focus back to the workplace and looks at how and why the nature of work changed during the period from …
Fashioned from Penury
Dress as Cultural Practice in Colonial Australia
Häftad, 1994
485 kr
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It is a common belief that Australians take little interest in their appearance. Yet from the first white settlement, clothing was of crucial importance to Australians. It was central to the ways class and status were negotiated and equally significant for marking out sexual differences. Dress was …
Colonial Technology
Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia
Av Jan Todd
Inbunden, 1995
1579 kr
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Australia has always imported overseas technology, largely out of necessity, but has this been exploitative, fostering a relationship of dependence, or used to Australia's advantage? Jan Todd explores this question in the context of nineteenth-century science. In her important study, Todd argues …
Australia, Britain and Migration, 1915-1940
A Study of Desperate Hopes
Av Michael Roe
Inbunden, 1995
1889 kr
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The story of Australia's post-war immigration program is well known, but little has been written about migration to Australia between the wars. This 1995 book is a systematic study of assisted emigration from Britain to Australia during the inter-war years. It looks at the British and Australian …
Aboriginal Labour and the Cattle Industry
Queensland from White Settlement to the Present
Av Dawn May
Häftad, 1994
569 kr
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Cattle has been big business in Australia for well over a century and earns substantial export dollars. Yet the contribution that Aboriginal people have made to this key sector of the Australian economy has not been widely recognised. This book uncovers the central role of Aboriginal labour in the …
Single Mothers and their Children
Disposal, Punishment and Survival in Australia
Inbunden, 1995
1391 kr
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This 1996 book is a comprehensive history of single motherhood in Australia. Shurlee Swain and Renate Howe tell the powerful, if painful and often moving, story of these women and their children and the lives they constructed. Starting in the 1850s when abandonment and infanticide were not …
The Quarantined Culture
Australian Reactions to Modernism, 1913-1939
Häftad, 1995
435 kr
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In 1913 the Australian press displayed a cosmopolitan openness to the culture of the modern world. By 1919, however, Australia had become an inward-looking society bent on keeping the outside world out - a quarantined culture. This book looks at the impact of the First World War on Australian …
Governing Prosperity
Social Change and Social Analysis in Australia in the 1950s
Häftad, 1995
586 kr
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The 1950s' undeniable prosperity has become synonymous with conservatism, and inertia seen as its hallmark. This book offers a fresh and challenging interpretation of the 1950s in Australia. Nicholas Brown presents the decade as a time of great change, brought about by affluence. Society became …
Hunters and Collectors
The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia
Häftad, 1996
804 kr
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Hunters and Collectors is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of amateur antiquarians, archaeologists, naturalists, journalists and historians: people who shaped the …
Criminal Law and Colonial Subject
Häftad, 2003
854 kr
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1810-1830 was a crucial period in the development of New South Wales, when the legal foundations of a free-settler and emancipist society were laid. This book explores the relationship of a colonial people with English law and looks at the practice of law among the ordinary population. Paula Jane …
The Invisible State
The Formation of the Australian State
Häftad, 2002
989 kr
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In the modern State, power rests on the consensus of the citizens. They accord its institutions the authority to regulate society. State theory suggests that this authority is a right to speak on certain matters in certain ways and to have the audience agree with those statements. It is a matter of …
Land Settlement in Early Tasmania
Creating an Antipodean England
Häftad, 2003
687 kr
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This is the first detailed examination of land alienation and land use by white settlers in an Australian colony. It treats the first decades of settlement in Van Diemen's Land, encompassing the effects of the European invasion on Aboriginal society, the early history of environmental degradation, …
The Rule of Law in a Penal Colony
Law and Politics in Early New South Wales
Av David Neal
Häftad, 2002
770 kr
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Ironically, the first civil case to be heard in Australia occurred at the behest of two convicts under sentence. Of course, convicts had first-hand experience of criminal law, but all the settlers were part of a culture which emphasised the rule of law as the guarantee of its fundamental political …
The Price of Health
Australian Governments and Medical Politics 1910-1960
Häftad, 2002
821 kr
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No area of social welfare in Australia has seen as much conflict as health policy. Clashes have involved the medical profession, bureaucrats, friendly societies and political parties, often to the detriment of the patient. This 1991 book provides background to the current debate by studying the …
Australia, Britain and Migration, 1915-1940
A Study of Desperate Hopes
Av Michael Roe
Häftad, 2002
685 kr
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The story of Australia's post-war immigration program is well known, but little has been written about migration to Australia between the wars. This 1995 book is a systematic study of assisted emigration from Britain to Australia during the inter-war years. It looks at the British and Australian …
