Social Patterns in Australian Literature
Social Patterns in Australian Literature

Author: T. Inglis Moore

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-07-28

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0520316193

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific

Author: Donald S. Garden

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2005-08-19

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1576078698

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A fascinating study of the environmental history of Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific, from the time of the dinosaurs to the present day. Of interest to students and academics alike, this book provides a much-needed synthesis of the recent literature on the environmental history of Australia and Oceania. Part of ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies series, this book maps out the key trends in the region's environmental history, charting the creation of the Australian continent from the ancient land mass of Gondwanaland to the arrival of humans. Especially fascinating are the chapters highlighting how successive waves of human migration created environmental havoc throughout the region, leading to the collapse of the Easter Island civilization and the spread of nonindigenous flora and fauna. From the controversies over the reasons why creatures such as the marsupial lion and the giant kangaroo became extinct to such contemporary problems as deforestation and global warming, this book contains sobering lessons for us all.

Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900
Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900

Author: John C. Weaver

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780773525276

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A critique of the greatest reallocation of resources in the history of the world and an analysis of its effects on indigenous peoples, the growth of property rights, and the evolution of ideas that make up the foundation of the modern world.

Australian Autobiographical Narratives: To 1850
Australian Autobiographical Narratives: To 1850

Author: Kay Walsh

Publisher: National Library Australia

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0642105995

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Comprehensive guide to published Australian autobiographical writing which deals with life in Australia up to 1850. Entries are listed alphabetically by author's name. Includes three separate indexes to personal names, places and subjects. Walsh has worked on numerous Australian reference publications. Hooton teaches English at the Australian Defence Force Academy and is co-author of 'The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature' (1985); Walsh is assisting her in preparing a new edition.