A History Of Australia Iii: The Beginning Of An Australian Civilization 1824-1851
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the third volume of his monumental A History of Australia, Manning Clark turns his penetrating gaze to the turbulent decades between 1824 and 1851, a period that witnessed the raw, contested emergence of a distinctly Australian civilisation from the crucible of colonial struggle. This volume chronicles the clash of convict culture, free settler ambition, and imperial authority, painting a vivid portrait of a society straining against its chains and reaching, however imperfectly, toward a new identity on the far edge of the world. Clark's prose carries the weight and sweep of a national epic, fusing rigorous scholarship with a literary sensibility that elevates historical narrative to an art form. His magisterial six-volume series remains the most ambitious and celebrated work of Australian historiography ever undertaken, and this instalment is its dramatic turning point — the moment when a penal outpost begins, irrevocably, to imagine itself as a nation. For anyone seeking to understand the deep moral and social forces that shaped modern Australia, Clark's work presents an indispensable — and endlessly provocative — reckoning with the past.
Author: C. M. H. Clark
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the third volume of his monumental A History of Australia, Manning Clark turns his penetrating gaze to the turbulent decades between 1824 and 1851, a period that witnessed the raw, contested emergence of a distinctly Australian civilisation from the crucible of colonial struggle. This volume chronicles the clash of convict culture, free settler ambition, and imperial authority, painting a vivid portrait of a society straining against its chains and reaching, however imperfectly, toward a new identity on the far edge of the world. Clark's prose carries the weight and sweep of a national epic, fusing rigorous scholarship with a literary sensibility that elevates historical narrative to an art form. His magisterial six-volume series remains the most ambitious and celebrated work of Australian historiography ever undertaken, and this instalment is its dramatic turning point — the moment when a penal outpost begins, irrevocably, to imagine itself as a nation. For anyone seeking to understand the deep moral and social forces that shaped modern Australia, Clark's work presents an indispensable — and endlessly provocative — reckoning with the past.