A History Of Australia Iv: The Earth Abideth For Ever 1851-1888
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: small stain on the book block, otherwise internally sound
In the fourth volume of his monumental series, Manning Clark — Australia's most celebrated and controversial historian — chronicles the turbulent decades between 1851 and 1888, a period that irrevocably transformed the Australian continent from a collection of struggling colonies into a confident, if deeply conflicted, nation. Subtitled The Earth Abideth For Ever, this instalment captures the seismic social upheavals of the gold rush era, the rise of labour movements, sectarian strife, and the forging of a distinctive Australian identity against the vast and indifferent backdrop of the southern land. Clark traces the lives of bushrangers, politicians, clergy, and ordinary men and women with the eye of a novelist and the rigour of a scholar, weaving personal narratives into the grand tapestry of national history. Clark's prose is at once prophetic and elegiac, suffused with biblical cadence and a deep moral seriousness that sets A History of Australia apart from any comparable work. He presents Australia not as a simple success story, but as a society perpetually wrestling with its own contradictions — between progress and barbarism, faith and doubt, freedom and oppression. This volume stands as both a scholarly landmark and a deeply literary achievement, challenging readers to confront the often uncomfortable truths at the heart of the Australian story — leaving one to wonder whether the earth, as it abideth, truly forgives what was done upon it.
Author: C. M. H. Clark
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: small stain on the book block, otherwise internally sound
In the fourth volume of his monumental series, Manning Clark — Australia's most celebrated and controversial historian — chronicles the turbulent decades between 1851 and 1888, a period that irrevocably transformed the Australian continent from a collection of struggling colonies into a confident, if deeply conflicted, nation. Subtitled The Earth Abideth For Ever, this instalment captures the seismic social upheavals of the gold rush era, the rise of labour movements, sectarian strife, and the forging of a distinctive Australian identity against the vast and indifferent backdrop of the southern land. Clark traces the lives of bushrangers, politicians, clergy, and ordinary men and women with the eye of a novelist and the rigour of a scholar, weaving personal narratives into the grand tapestry of national history. Clark's prose is at once prophetic and elegiac, suffused with biblical cadence and a deep moral seriousness that sets A History of Australia apart from any comparable work. He presents Australia not as a simple success story, but as a society perpetually wrestling with its own contradictions — between progress and barbarism, faith and doubt, freedom and oppression. This volume stands as both a scholarly landmark and a deeply literary achievement, challenging readers to confront the often uncomfortable truths at the heart of the Australian story — leaving one to wonder whether the earth, as it abideth, truly forgives what was done upon it.