| A History of Tasmania Contributor(s): Robson, Lloyd (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195530314 ISBN-13: 9780195530315 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $97.02 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1991 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 994.6 |
| Physical Information: 1.94" H x 6.38" W x 9.31" (3.57 lbs) 676 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second of a two-volume history of Tasmania, Robson here traces Tasmania's experience of colonial government and post-federation statehood from 1856 to the 1980s. The themes and events covered include: the spread of settlement and pursuit of material advancement; the scant regard for preservation of the land and its resources; loyalty and devotion to the empire and a fearful resistance to change, buttressed by anti-democratic political and social institutions; the troubling but often imperfectly heard echoes of the past; poverty; disease; deprivation; and war. Robson has written an account which charts not only the history of Tasmania, but, in microcosm, also of Australia as a whole. |