Rum Rebellion: A Study Of The Overthrow Of Governor Bligh By John Macarthur And The New South Wales Corps
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
In the sweltering heat of early colonial Sydney, a dramatic coup shook the foundations of British authority in the fledgling settlement of New South Wales — an event so brazen it remains unmatched in Australian political history. Rum Rebellion chronicles the audacious 1808 overthrow of Governor William Bligh — the same man who survived the infamous mutiny on the Bounty — at the hands of the powerful wool baron John Macarthur and the corrupt New South Wales Corps, a regiment whose officers had grown fat on the illicit rum trade and bristled at any challenge to their stranglehold on the colony's economy. H. V. Evatt, a towering figure in Australian law and politics, brings rigorous legal and historical scholarship to bear on this pivotal episode, arguing with forensic precision that the rebellion was not merely a clash of personalities but a defining contest between autocratic imperial rule and the vested interests of a colonial oligarchy. Written with the authority of a barrister and the passion of a patriot, this work illuminates the deep fault lines of power, corruption, and governance that shaped the character of the Australian nation in its earliest years. Does the spirit of colonial insurrection linger in the bones of modern Australia? Evatt's meticulous account will leave the reader to wonder.
Author: H. V. Evatt
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
In the sweltering heat of early colonial Sydney, a dramatic coup shook the foundations of British authority in the fledgling settlement of New South Wales — an event so brazen it remains unmatched in Australian political history. Rum Rebellion chronicles the audacious 1808 overthrow of Governor William Bligh — the same man who survived the infamous mutiny on the Bounty — at the hands of the powerful wool baron John Macarthur and the corrupt New South Wales Corps, a regiment whose officers had grown fat on the illicit rum trade and bristled at any challenge to their stranglehold on the colony's economy. H. V. Evatt, a towering figure in Australian law and politics, brings rigorous legal and historical scholarship to bear on this pivotal episode, arguing with forensic precision that the rebellion was not merely a clash of personalities but a defining contest between autocratic imperial rule and the vested interests of a colonial oligarchy. Written with the authority of a barrister and the passion of a patriot, this work illuminates the deep fault lines of power, corruption, and governance that shaped the character of the Australian nation in its earliest years. Does the spirit of colonial insurrection linger in the bones of modern Australia? Evatt's meticulous account will leave the reader to wonder.