Great Southern Land. A New History Of Australia

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Allen Lane/Penquin Books
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition

Description: 719 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on cover.

Publishers Description: Frank Welshs new history of Australia is the first to be written by a non-Australian, and the first to be based on archival research not only in Australia, but in Britain, the USA, Canada and South Africa. Australian history is clearly placed in a world context, and many previous misconceptions exposed, to form a compelling and enjoyable narrative. Welsh traces the history of the continent from before the arrival of the First Fleet, through the hesitant and haphazard unifying of the continent, and the conflict between the original colonies, through the steady emergence of Australian nationalism at the end of the nineteenth century, the establishment of the White Australia policy which persisted for so long and which was a key element in, for example, the support which Australia gave to the USA during the Vietnam War, right up to John Howards controversial premiership. Original, provocative and witty, The Great Southern Land will take its place along with his previous much-praised books on Hong Kong and South Africa as a standard history.

ISBN: 9780713994506