{"product_id":"2026200017167-secondhand-sojourners-the-epic-story-of-chinas-centuries-old-relationship-with-australia","title":"Sojourners: The Epic Story Of China's Centuries Old Relationship With 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\u003eLong before the gold rush drew thousands of hopeful migrants to Australian shores, a quiet and enduring relationship was already forming between China and the vast southern continent — and Sojourners is its definitive chronicle. Eric Rolls masterfully reconstructs centuries of Chinese presence in Australia, tracing the journeys of merchants, labourers, and settlers who crossed the Wide Sea in search of fortune and belonging, weaving their lives into the social and cultural fabric of a nation still finding its identity. The subtitle, Flowers and the Wide Sea, drawn from the Chinese characters 华 (Huá, meaning Chinese\/flourishing) and 洋 (Yáng, meaning ocean\/foreign), perfectly encapsulates the poetic tension at the heart of this sweeping narrative.\n\nRolls writes with the authority of a seasoned historian and the lyrical precision of a natural storyteller, bringing to life the triumphs, prejudices, and quiet dignities that defined the Chinese-Australian experience across generations. Sojourners stands as a landmark work in Australian historiography, challenging long-held assumptions about a monocultural colonial past and revealing a richer, more complex national story. For anyone seeking to understand the deep roots of Australia's multicultural present, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the final page: how much of what Australia became was shaped by those the history books forgot?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276135473371,"sku":"2026200017167-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d433708c-c5bc-475a-8afb-d8c9f09d8313.png?v=1789092767","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017167-secondhand-sojourners-the-epic-story-of-chinas-centuries-old-relationship-with-australia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}