{"product_id":"2026200013328-secondhand-the-convict-settlers-of-australia","title":"The Convict Settlers Of Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the brutal crucible of colonial penal transportation, thousands of men and women were torn from the British Isles and cast onto the distant shores of Australia — and L. L. Robson's landmark study, The Convict Settlers of Australia, presents the most rigorous statistical and social analysis of this extraordinary human migration ever undertaken. Drawing on exhaustive archival research into convict indents and transportation records, Robson systematically chronicles the backgrounds, crimes, and social origins of the transported, dismantling long-held myths about who these men and women truly were and why they were sent to the ends of the earth.\n\nFar from being the heroic rebels and political martyrs of popular legend, Robson's convicts emerge as a complex cross-section of the British and Irish labouring poor — petty criminals, the desperate, and the dispossessed. His meticulous, evidence-driven methodology set a new standard for Australian historical scholarship, transforming what had previously been anecdote and folklore into rigorous social history. First published by Melbourne University Press in 1965, this seminal work remains an indispensable foundation for understanding the convict origins of modern Australia — leaving the reader to wonder how profoundly that founding trauma still shapes the nation's identity today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203318063323,"sku":"2026200013328-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6fada3c9-0eb3-48c6-8bd7-575158c57e45.png?v=1788147805","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013328-secondhand-the-convict-settlers-of-australia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}