The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860, possessionsThe 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 volumetraces 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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It seemed to me that there were some groups of people to whom the egalitarian
implications of Enlightenment theory had never been applied . I thus became
concerned to examine the gap between rhetoric and reality in Enlightenment
ideas .
It seemed to me that there were some groups of people to whom the egalitarian
implications of Enlightenment theory had never been applied . I thus became
concerned to examine the gap between rhetoric and reality in Enlightenment
ideas .
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It was theories such as these which informed Dampier ' s denigration of the New
Holland Aborigines in 1688 — though he had ... 25 Published in 1735 and laying
the basis for scientific racial theory , Linnaeus ' s System of Nature reflected and ...
It was theories such as these which informed Dampier ' s denigration of the New
Holland Aborigines in 1688 — though he had ... 25 Published in 1735 and laying
the basis for scientific racial theory , Linnaeus ' s System of Nature reflected and ...
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32 In 1803 Malthus used evidence from New Holland to enlarge on his theory
that in human societies it was ' the struggle for existence ' , the competition for
food and other resources , which limited population growth . Needless to say , the
...
32 In 1803 Malthus used evidence from New Holland to enlarge on his theory
that in human societies it was ' the struggle for existence ' , the competition for
food and other resources , which limited population growth . Needless to say , the
...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860, possessions Volume 2 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Jan Kociumbas |
| Editor | Geoffrey Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Comparative Religion |
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