Freedom on the fatal shore : Australia's first colony /

Freedom on the Fatal Shore brings together John Hirst's two books on the early history of New South Wales. Both are classic accounts which have had a profound effect on the understanding of our history. This combined edition includes a new foreword by the author. Convicts with their ""...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hirst, John (John Bradley), 1942-2016
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Melbourne : Black Inc., 2008.
Temas:
1788-1891
Penal colonies > Great Britain.
Prisoners > Australia > New South Wales > Social conditions.
Democracy > Australia > New South Wales > History.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Grande-Bretagne.
Prisonniers > Australie > Nouvelle-Galles du Sud > Conditions sociales.
Democracy
Exiles
Manners and customs
Penal colonies
Politics and government
Prisoners > Social conditions
New South Wales > Exiles.
New South Wales > Social life and customs > 1788-1851.
New South Wales > Politics and government > 1851-1891.
Great Britain
New South Wales
History
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Sumario:Freedom on the Fatal Shore brings together John Hirst's two books on the early history of New South Wales. Both are classic accounts which have had a profound effect on the understanding of our history. This combined edition includes a new foreword by the author. Convicts with their ""own time"", convicts with legal rights, convicts making money, convicts getting drunk - what sort of prison was this? Hirst describes how the convict colony actually worked and how Australian democracy came into being, despite the opposition of the most powerful. He writes: ""This was not a society that had to bec
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 497 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-546) and index.
ISBN:9781921866326
1921866322

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