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Cambridge Concise Histories: A Concise History of Australia
Stuart Macintyre
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Description for Cambridge Concise Histories: A Concise History of Australia
Paperback. This fourth edition investigates the key factors - social, economic and political - that continue to shape modern-day Australia. Series: Cambridge Concise Histories. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 225 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land and describes how they brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. The fourth edition incorporates the far-reaching effects of an export and investment boom in the early years of the twenty-first century that lifted Australia to unprecedented prosperity. The sale of minerals and energy enabled ... Read more
Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 225 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land and describes how they brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. The fourth edition incorporates the far-reaching effects of an export and investment boom in the early years of the twenty-first century that lifted Australia to unprecedented prosperity. The sale of minerals and energy enabled ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Cambridge Concise Histories
Condition
New
Weight
489g
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107562431
SKU
V9781107562431
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About Stuart Macintyre
Stuart Macintyre is an Emeritus Laureate Professor of the University of Melbourne. From 1999 to 2006 he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and he has served as president of the Australian Historical Association and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. His books include The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 4 (1986), The History Wars (2003) and, ... Read more
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