Select Documents In Australian History (Two-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: C. M. H. Clark
Binding: Hardback
Published: Angus and Robertson, 1955
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed, price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Minor marks and specks on boards. Yellowed Dj with some foxing. .
C. M. H. Clark’s Select Documents in Australian History assembles a rigorous, two-volume archive of primary sources that chart the political, social, and economic development of Australia from 1788 to 1900. Volume I presents foundational texts on colonization, convict transportation, land policy, and early settler relations with Indigenous peoples, while Volume II traces the rise of democratic institutions, gold rush migration, and the emergence of labor movements. Clark organizes the material with scholarly precision, allowing readers to witness the ideological tensions and administrative decisions that shaped the nation’s trajectory. The set illustrates the evolving relationship between Britain and its antipodean colony, detailing the legal frameworks, cultural assumptions, and economic imperatives that underpinned expansion.
Author: C. M. H. Clark
Binding: Hardback
Published: Angus and Robertson, 1955
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed, price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Minor marks and specks on boards. Yellowed Dj with some foxing. .
C. M. H. Clark’s Select Documents in Australian History assembles a rigorous, two-volume archive of primary sources that chart the political, social, and economic development of Australia from 1788 to 1900. Volume I presents foundational texts on colonization, convict transportation, land policy, and early settler relations with Indigenous peoples, while Volume II traces the rise of democratic institutions, gold rush migration, and the emergence of labor movements. Clark organizes the material with scholarly precision, allowing readers to witness the ideological tensions and administrative decisions that shaped the nation’s trajectory. The set illustrates the evolving relationship between Britain and its antipodean colony, detailing the legal frameworks, cultural assumptions, and economic imperatives that underpinned expansion.