The second of a two-volume history of Tasmania, Robson here traces Tasmania's experience of colonial government and post-federation statehood from 1856 to the 1980s. The themes and events covered include: the spread of settlement and pursuit of material advancement; the scant regard for preservation of the land and its resources; loyalty and devotion to the empire and a fearful resistance to change, buttressed by anti-democratic political and social institutions; the troubling but often imperfectly heard echoes of the past; ...
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The second of a two-volume history of Tasmania, Robson here traces Tasmania's experience of colonial government and post-federation statehood from 1856 to the 1980s. The themes and events covered include: the spread of settlement and pursuit of material advancement; the scant regard for preservation of the land and its resources; loyalty and devotion to the empire and a fearful resistance to change, buttressed by anti-democratic political and social institutions; the troubling but often imperfectly heard echoes of the past; poverty; disease; deprivation; and war. Robson has written an account which charts not only the history of Tasmania, but, in microcosm, also of Australia as a whole.
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Add this copy of A History of Tasmania. Volume I (1) Van Diemen's Land to cart. $106.48, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1983 by Oxford University Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. HEAVY. viii, 632pp, index, reference notes, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Boards a little rubbed on edges, very slight edge wear to jacket, prev owner name at top of front free endpaper. Includes lists of convict arrivals by ship.