The Immigrants
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Between 1890 and 1970, seventeen men and women made the long journey to Australia from the far corners of the world — Austria, China, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine, Scotland, Spain, and Yugoslavia — each carrying with them a dream of a better life in a new land. The Immigrants chronicles their remarkable stories in their own words, weaving together a rich oral history that captures the profound human experience of displacement, adaptation, and the search for belonging in twentieth-century Australia. With a foreword by Henry Mayer, this compelling collection presents an intimate mosaic of voices that reveal what it truly meant to build a life from scratch on foreign soil. Lowenstein and Loh masterfully employ the oral history tradition to give agency and dignity to those whose stories might otherwise have gone untold, illuminating the tensions between cultural identity and assimilation that defined immigrant life in Australia. The work stands as a landmark in Australian social history, sitting at the intersection of anthropology, personal testimony, and national narrative. As one of the subjects poignantly reflects, immigration is at once a curse for a person to have two countries and a benefit because you live two lives — a paradox that resonates as powerfully today as it did for those who first dared to dream of a sunburned land.
Author: Wendy Lowenstein And Morag Loh
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Between 1890 and 1970, seventeen men and women made the long journey to Australia from the far corners of the world — Austria, China, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine, Scotland, Spain, and Yugoslavia — each carrying with them a dream of a better life in a new land. The Immigrants chronicles their remarkable stories in their own words, weaving together a rich oral history that captures the profound human experience of displacement, adaptation, and the search for belonging in twentieth-century Australia. With a foreword by Henry Mayer, this compelling collection presents an intimate mosaic of voices that reveal what it truly meant to build a life from scratch on foreign soil. Lowenstein and Loh masterfully employ the oral history tradition to give agency and dignity to those whose stories might otherwise have gone untold, illuminating the tensions between cultural identity and assimilation that defined immigrant life in Australia. The work stands as a landmark in Australian social history, sitting at the intersection of anthropology, personal testimony, and national narrative. As one of the subjects poignantly reflects, immigration is at once a curse for a person to have two countries and a benefit because you live two lives — a paradox that resonates as powerfully today as it did for those who first dared to dream of a sunburned land.