{"product_id":"2026200017089-secondhand-the-colony-a-history-of-early-sydney-signed","title":"The Colony: A History Of Early Sydney (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed with inscription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before Sydney became one of the world's most iconic harbour cities, it was a raw, volatile, and extraordinary experiment in human survival — The Colony: A History of Early Sydney by Grace Karskens is the definitive chronicle of that tumultuous birth. Set against the rugged backdrop of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the narrative immerses readers in the lives of convicts, settlers, soldiers, and the Indigenous Eora people, presenting a richly textured portrait of a society forged under immense duress and boundless possibility. Karskens uncovers the layered tensions between the colonisers and the land's original custodians, illuminating how power, survival, and identity were constantly negotiated on the shores of Sydney Cove. This is not a sanitised founding myth, but a visceral, human story that refuses to look away from the colony's contradictions.\n\nKarskens, one of Australia's most celebrated historians, argues with quiet authority that early Sydney was far more complex, diverse, and dynamic than traditional accounts have allowed. Drawing on an extraordinary breadth of archaeological, documentary, and oral sources, her prose is both scholarly and deeply evocative, bringing the dust and din of the colonial streets to vivid life. The Colony stands as a landmark work in Australian historiography, challenging readers to reconsider the foundations upon which a nation was built — and to ask whose stories have been silenced in the telling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276135801051,"sku":"2026200017089-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/acba1cf1-4626-4fd5-9813-0b5d11fb7489.png?v=1789092787","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017089-secondhand-the-colony-a-history-of-early-sydney-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}