Who's Master? Who's Man?: Australia In The Victorian Age 1
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
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In the turbulent decades of colonial Australia, the rigid hierarchies of Victorian Britain were transplanted into a wild and unforgiving land — and Who's Master? Who's Man? chronicles the profound social tensions that erupted as a result. Michael Cannon's authoritative first volume of his Australia in the Victorian Age series dissects the raw power struggles between the ruling pastoral elite and the laboring classes, painting a vivid portrait of a society wrestling with questions of class, identity, and survival on a frontier that refused to conform to Old World expectations. Cannon, one of Australia's most respected social historians, writes with a gripping, journalistic clarity that transforms archival research into living, breathing history. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, he uncovers the brutal realities faced by convicts, free settlers, squatters, and selectors alike, illuminating how the contest for land and labour shaped the very character of a nation. This is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the deep social fault lines that still resonate in Australian life today — who truly held the power, and at what human cost?
Author: Michael Cannon
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the turbulent decades of colonial Australia, the rigid hierarchies of Victorian Britain were transplanted into a wild and unforgiving land — and Who's Master? Who's Man? chronicles the profound social tensions that erupted as a result. Michael Cannon's authoritative first volume of his Australia in the Victorian Age series dissects the raw power struggles between the ruling pastoral elite and the laboring classes, painting a vivid portrait of a society wrestling with questions of class, identity, and survival on a frontier that refused to conform to Old World expectations. Cannon, one of Australia's most respected social historians, writes with a gripping, journalistic clarity that transforms archival research into living, breathing history. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, he uncovers the brutal realities faced by convicts, free settlers, squatters, and selectors alike, illuminating how the contest for land and labour shaped the very character of a nation. This is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the deep social fault lines that still resonate in Australian life today — who truly held the power, and at what human cost?