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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... trade was transported in British ships . But slavery was currently coming under attack by evangelical reformers , who had inherited from their Puritan forebears a great faith in personal liberty and the rights of the individual . Often ...
... trade was transported in British ships . But slavery was currently coming under attack by evangelical reformers , who had inherited from their Puritan forebears a great faith in personal liberty and the rights of the individual . Often ...
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... trade , avoid inroads into the nation's treasure chest . Even if they produced none of these things , colonies were still needed as strategic bases to cut off the trade of rivals and protect one's own . They might also reduce dependence ...
... trade , avoid inroads into the nation's treasure chest . Even if they produced none of these things , colonies were still needed as strategic bases to cut off the trade of rivals and protect one's own . They might also reduce dependence ...
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... trade , as in Tahiti , some of these women went to the white men with the consent of their family , in this case as part of reciprocal arrangements for the exchange of food . However , in contrast with the fur trade in North America ...
... trade , as in Tahiti , some of these women went to the white men with the consent of their family , in this case as part of reciprocal arrangements for the exchange of food . However , in contrast with the fur trade in North America ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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