{"product_id":"2026200016275-secondhand-pastiche-i-reflections-on-19th-century-australia","title":"Pastiche I: Reflections On 19Th Century Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First Edition Thus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did it mean to live, labour, and dream in nineteenth-century Australia? Pastiche I: Reflections on 19th Century Australia, edited by Penny Russell and Richard White, presents a rich and multifaceted anthology that reassembles the textures of colonial Australian life through a kaleidoscope of historical perspectives. Drawing on a diverse range of voices and disciplines, the collection chronicles the social, cultural, and political currents that shaped a continent in transformation — from the intimate details of everyday existence to the grand narratives of nation-building — painting a portrait of an era that was at once turbulent, inventive, and deeply formative.\n\nRussell and White bring together contributions that illuminate the contradictions and complexities of colonial society, interrogating race, class, gender, and identity with scholarly rigour and narrative verve. The anthology's breadth reflects the editors' conviction that history is best understood not as a single story, but as a mosaic of competing experiences and overlapping realities. As a foundational text in Australian historical studies, Pastiche I challenges readers to reconsider the myths and legacies of the nineteenth century — and to ask what echoes of that world still reverberate in the Australia of today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336816730331,"sku":"2026200016275-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/56bf1dcb-b746-43da-9689-3450a4759956.png?v=1789958721","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016275-secondhand-pastiche-i-reflections-on-19th-century-australia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}