The Cambridge Legal History of Australia

The Cambridge Legal History of Australia
Author: Peter Cane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 927
Release: 2022-08-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108586015

Featuring contributions from leading lawyers, historians and social scientists, this path-breaking volume explores encounters of laws, people, and places in Australia since 1788. Its chapters address three major themes: the development of Australian settler law in the shadow of the British Empire; the interaction between settler law and First Nations people; and the possibility of meaningful encounter between First laws and settler legal regimes in Australia. Several chapters explore the limited space provided by Australian settler law for respectful encounters, particularly in light of the High Court's particular concerns about the fragility of Australian sovereignty. Tracing the development of a uniquely Australian law and the various contexts that shaped it, this volume is concerned with the complexity, plurality, and ambiguity of Australia's legal history.

The Cambridge History of Australia

The Cambridge History of Australia
Author: Alison Bashford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1280
Release: 2013
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9781107011533

Offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the nation's social, political and cultural story.

The Cambridge History of Australian Literature

The Cambridge History of Australian Literature
Author: Peter Pierce
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2009-09-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 052188165X

Draws on scholarship from leading figures in the field and spans Australian literary history from colonial origins, indigenous and migrant literatures, as well as representations of Asia and the Pacific and the role of literary culture in modern Australian society.

The Cambridge Economic History of Australia

The Cambridge Economic History of Australia
Author: Simon Ville
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2014-10-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1316194485

Australia's economic history is the story of the transformation of an indigenous economy and a small convict settlement into a nation of nearly 23 million people with advanced economic, social and political structures. It is a history of vast lands with rich, exploitable resources, of adversity in war, and of prosperity and nation building. It is also a history of human behaviour and the institutions created to harness and govern human endeavour. This account provides a systematic and comprehensive treatment of the nation's economic foundations, growth, resilience and future, in an engaging, contemporary narrative. It examines key themes such as the centrality of land and its usage, the role of migrant human capital, the tension between development and the environment, and Australia's interaction with the international economy. Written by a team of eminent economic historians, The Cambridge Economic History of Australia is the definitive study of Australia's economic past and present.

A Concise History of Australia

A Concise History of Australia
Author: Stuart Macintyre
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2009-06-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521516082

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 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. It relates the advance from penal colony to a prosperous free nation and illustrates how, as a nation created by waves of newcomers, the search for binding traditions was long frustrated by the feeling of rootlessness, until it came to terms with its origins. The third edition of this acclaimed book recounts the key factors - social, economic and political - that have shaped modern-day Australia. It covers the rise and fall of the Howard government, the 2007 election and the apology to the stolen generation. More than ever before, Australians draw on the past to understand their future.

A Concise History of Australia

A Concise History of Australia
Author: Stuart Macintyre
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2004-08-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521601016

Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands of years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. It relates the advance from penal colony to a prosperous free nation and illustrates how, in a nation created by waves of newcomers, the search for binding traditions has long been frustrated by the feeling of rootlessness. This revised edition incorporates the most recent historical research and contemporary historical debates on frontier violence between European settlers and Aborigines and the Stolen Generations. It covers the Sydney Olympics, the refugee crisis and the 'Pacific solution'. More than ever before, Australians draw on the past to understand their future.

The Cambridge History of Australia: Volume 2, The Commonwealth of Australia

The Cambridge History of Australia: Volume 2, The Commonwealth of Australia
Author: Alison Bashford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-06-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781107452039

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Australia covers the period 1901 to the present day. It begins with the first day of the twentieth century, which saw the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia. In Part I the fortunes of the nation-state are traced over time: a narrative of national policies, from the initial endeavours to protect Australian living standards to the dismantling of protection, and from maintenance of the integrity of a white settler society to fashioning a diverse, multicultural one. These chapters relate how Australia responded to external challenges and adapted to changing expectations. In Part II some distinctive features of modern Australia are clarified: its enduring democracy and political stability, engagement with a unique environment, the means whereby Australians maintained prosperity, the treatment and aspirations of its Indigenous inhabitants. The changing patterns of social relations are examined, along with the forms of knowledge, religion, communication and creativity.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire
Author: P. J. Marshall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2001-08-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521002547

Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for British power or revulsion at what seem to be the abuses of that power. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire adopts neither of these approaches. It aims to create historical understanding about the British empire on the assumption that such understanding is important for any informed appreciation of the modern world. Through striking illustration and a text written by leading experts, this book examines the experience of colonialism in North America, India, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean, as well as the impact of the empire on Britain itself. Emphasis is placed on social and cultural history, including slavery, trade, religion, art, and the movement of ideas. How did the British rule their empire? Who benefited economically from the empire? And who lost?

The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders

The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders
Author: Donald Denoon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2004-03-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521003544

An authoritative and comprehensive history of the Pacific islanders from 40,000 BC to the present day.

The Cambridge History of English Poetry

The Cambridge History of English Poetry
Author: Michael O'Neill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1117
Release: 2010-04-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521883067

A literary-historical account of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon writings to the present.