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 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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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 also been especially irritated by
their disinclination to reveal their source of water supply and to recognize their
lowly ...
It was theories such as these which informed Dampier's denigration of the New
Holland Aborigines in 1688 — though he had also been especially irritated by
their disinclination to reveal their source of water supply and to recognize their
lowly ...
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These assumptions were reinforced by important developments in biological
theory. Charles Darwin's fully worked theory of evolution would not be published
till 1859 and T. H. Huxley's application of it, Evidence of Man's Place in Nature, ...
These assumptions were reinforced by important developments in biological
theory. Charles Darwin's fully worked theory of evolution would not be published
till 1859 and T. H. Huxley's application of it, Evidence of Man's Place in Nature, ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860 : Possessions Volume 2 of The Oxford History of Australia, The Oxford History of Australia |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Contributor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General Reference / General Religion / Comparative Religion |
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