A concise history of Australia / Stuart Macintyre.
By: Macintyre, Stuart [author.]
Series: Cambridge concise histories: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xi, 398 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108728485Subject(s): Aboriginal Australians -- History | Australians -- History | Australia -- History | Australia -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 994 Summary: "Stuart Macintyre, one of Australia's most highly regarded historians, revisits 'A Concise History of Australia' to provoke readers to reconsider Australia's past and its relationship to the present. Integrating new scholarship with the historical record, the fifth edition of A Concise History of Australia brings together the long narrative of Australia's First Nations' peoples; the arrival of Europeans and the era of colonies, convicts, gold and free settlers; the foundation of a nation state; and the social, cultural, political and economic developments that created a modern Australia. As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, Macintyre's Australia remains one of achievements and failures. So too the future possibilities are deeply rooted in the country's past endeavours. A Concise History of Australia is an invitation to examine this past"-- Taken from book-cover.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 994 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 019314 |
Previous edition: 2016.
"Stuart Macintyre, one of Australia's most highly regarded historians, revisits 'A Concise History of Australia' to provoke readers to reconsider Australia's past and its relationship to the present. Integrating new scholarship with the historical record, the fifth edition of A Concise History of Australia brings together the long narrative of Australia's First Nations' peoples; the arrival of Europeans and the era of colonies, convicts, gold and free settlers; the foundation of a nation state; and the social, cultural, political and economic developments that created a modern Australia. As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, Macintyre's Australia remains one of achievements and failures. So too the future possibilities are deeply rooted in the country's past endeavours. A Concise History of Australia is an invitation to examine this past"-- Taken from book-cover.