A Concise History of Australia
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Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 225 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land and describes how they brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. The fourth edition incorporates the far-reaching effects of an export and investment boom in…
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Key features
- Written by one of Australia's most respected historians
- A lively and clear narrative history accessible to general readers
- This fourth edition explores the effects of the export and investment boom in the early 21st century, as well as the continuing search for solutions to climate change, unauthorised arrival of refugees, Indigenous disadvantage and generational change
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316408728
- Editions 4th Edition
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 21 June 2018
- ISBN: 9781316408728
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