A House of Commons for a Den of Thieves Australia's Journey from Penal Colony to Democracy.
In 1788, Great Britain founded a colony in Australia to swallow up its criminals. And swallow them it did - more than 160,000 men and women were transported to the Australian colonies over eight decades. Remarkably, these colonies swiftly developed into robust and innovative democracies. The 1856 Vi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Wakeling, Adam |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Melbourne :
Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited,
2020.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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