Australia: A Study Of Warm Environments And Their Effect On British Settlement
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 4th ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Long before climate was a household word, Griffith Taylor's Australia: A Study of Warm Environments and Their Effect on British Settlement argued that geography is destiny — that the heat, aridity, and ecological character of the Australian continent would fundamentally shape the course of British colonial settlement. This landmark work chronicles the interplay between environment and human ambition across the vast Australian landmass, presenting a rigorous geographical and anthropological analysis of how warm climates condition patterns of migration, population distribution, and economic development in one of the world's most distinctive nations. Taylor, a pioneering figure in environmental determinism and one of the foremost geographers of the 20th century, writes with the authority of a scientist who surveyed the Australian landscape firsthand — including his celebrated service with Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition. His prose is measured and analytical, yet animated by a genuine fascination with the forces that shape civilisation. Now in its Fourth Edition, this work stands as a foundational text in Australian geography and colonial history, raising questions about humanity's capacity to impose its will upon an indifferent and unforgiving land — questions that remain as urgent today as when Taylor first put pen to paper.
Author: Griffith Taylor
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 4th ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Long before climate was a household word, Griffith Taylor's Australia: A Study of Warm Environments and Their Effect on British Settlement argued that geography is destiny — that the heat, aridity, and ecological character of the Australian continent would fundamentally shape the course of British colonial settlement. This landmark work chronicles the interplay between environment and human ambition across the vast Australian landmass, presenting a rigorous geographical and anthropological analysis of how warm climates condition patterns of migration, population distribution, and economic development in one of the world's most distinctive nations. Taylor, a pioneering figure in environmental determinism and one of the foremost geographers of the 20th century, writes with the authority of a scientist who surveyed the Australian landscape firsthand — including his celebrated service with Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition. His prose is measured and analytical, yet animated by a genuine fascination with the forces that shape civilisation. Now in its Fourth Edition, this work stands as a foundational text in Australian geography and colonial history, raising questions about humanity's capacity to impose its will upon an indifferent and unforgiving land — questions that remain as urgent today as when Taylor first put pen to paper.