The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 2Geoffrey Bolton The history of Australia from the 1770s to the 1860s is seen as tightly linked to events and ideologies in an age of revolution and in particular to the social problems of industrialising Britain. Australia was colonized by believers in political equality and economic liberty, and this volume traces the development of the colonies into a stable society where organised sport prevented idleness and unrest among the lower orders and sectarianism and intercolonial rivalries absorbed the political energies of the middle classes. |
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... theorists who were seeking to analyse the relationship between land , popu- lation , sexuality and national wealth . Already in England John Locke , an early spokesman for the social contract and the rights of man , and apologist for ...
... theorists who were seeking to analyse the relationship between land , popu- lation , sexuality and national wealth . Already in England John Locke , an early spokesman for the social contract and the rights of man , and apologist for ...
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... theorists believed the solution to finding a blueprint for ideal demographic growth lay in sparing the lives of children already born . In Britain infanticide had been made a serious criminal matter in 1624 and , though the practice of ...
... theorists believed the solution to finding a blueprint for ideal demographic growth lay in sparing the lives of children already born . In Britain infanticide had been made a serious criminal matter in 1624 and , though the practice of ...
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... theorists agreed , must be like European ones , producing a surplus which could be made available for commercial exchange . Believing in the legal concept of private property , the theorists assumed that every surplus commodity must ...
... theorists agreed , must be like European ones , producing a surplus which could be made available for commercial exchange . Believing in the legal concept of private property , the theorists assumed that every surplus commodity must ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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