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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criminal justice system which had been developed over the past century as an
instrument of labour control . Acts of Parliament had steadily tightened the
definition of larceny and housebreaking . Activities like wood - gathering , deer -
stalking ...
criminal justice system which had been developed over the past century as an
instrument of labour control . Acts of Parliament had steadily tightened the
definition of larceny and housebreaking . Activities like wood - gathering , deer -
stalking ...
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Skills had to be developed in the charting of coastlines and the calculation of
distances , and methods evolved for maintaining the health and discipline of
soldiers and crew . Thus the questions that were being asked of science were
shaped ...
Skills had to be developed in the charting of coastlines and the calculation of
distances , and methods evolved for maintaining the health and discipline of
soldiers and crew . Thus the questions that were being asked of science were
shaped ...
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The women were in great demand partly for sexual purposes and partly because
of their bushcraft and the special expertise they developed in hunting seals and
making boats . Especially in the early days of the trade , as in Tahiti , some of ...
The women were in great demand partly for sexual purposes and partly because
of their bushcraft and the special expertise they developed in hunting seals and
making boats . Especially in the early days of the trade , as in Tahiti , some of ...
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Contents
Male Convict Experience 17881804 | 32 |
Science and the South Pacific | 63 |
Free Trade | 91 |
Copyright | |
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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 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Comparative Religion |
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