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The Vandemonian war : the secret history of Britain's Tasmanian invasion /
"Britain formally colonised Van Diemen's Land in the early years of the nineteenth century. Small convict stations grew into towns. Pastoralists moved in to the aboriginal hunting grounds. There was conflict, there was violence. But, governments and gentlemen succeeded in burying the real...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Richmond, Victoria :
Hardie Grant Books,
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One Conquest and Division; Chapter Two Scouring the Country; Chapter Three Clearing the Settled Districts; Chapter Four Mercenaries and Aboriginal Guides; Chapter Five The Oatlands Roving Parties; Chapter Six Offensive Defence in Reality and Record; Chapter Seven The Methods and Landscape of Settlement; Chapter Eight Aboriginal Auxiliaries; Chapter Nine Pushing Further while Debating Peace; Chapter Ten Roving Still; Chapter Eleven Beyond the Limits of Law and Documentation; Chapter Twelve Keeping up the Pretence and the Pressure
- Chapter Thirteen Captivity, Qualms and EscalationChapter Fourteen Agitation and Armament; Chapter Fifteen Propaganda and the Preliminary Manoeuvres; Chapter Sixteen Necessity Has No Law; Chapter Seventeen Harass Them if They Cannot Be Taken; Chapter Eighteen From Open War to Black Operations; Chapter Nineteen The War after the War; Chapter Twenty Allies, Enemies and Ambiguities; Chapter Twenty-one Ending the Vandemonian War; Afterword; Pictures; Endnotes; Acknowledgements; Copyright Page