The Founding Of Australia: The Argument About Australia's Origins
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Few questions in Australian historiography have proven as contentious as why Britain chose to plant a penal colony on the shores of Botany Bay in 1788, and The Founding of Australia: The Argument About Australia's Origins, edited by Ged Martin, places that very debate front and centre. This landmark anthology assembles a rich collection of scholarly essays that interrogate the motivations behind Australia's colonial establishment — from strategic imperial ambitions and the pressure of a burgeoning convict population, to economic interests and geopolitical rivalries with France — presenting the full spectrum of historical opinion in a single, authoritative volume. Ged Martin, a respected authority on British imperial and Australian history, curates the arguments with precision and intellectual rigour, allowing competing theses to speak directly to one another in a way that illuminates both the complexity of historical causation and the evolution of Australian national identity. Published by Sydney's Hale & Iremonger, the collection stands as an essential reference for students and scholars alike, chronicling not just the birth of a nation, but the ongoing argument about what that birth truly meant. For anyone who believes the story of Australia's founding is settled, this volume will prove a bracing and revelatory challenge.
Author: Ged Martin
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few questions in Australian historiography have proven as contentious as why Britain chose to plant a penal colony on the shores of Botany Bay in 1788, and The Founding of Australia: The Argument About Australia's Origins, edited by Ged Martin, places that very debate front and centre. This landmark anthology assembles a rich collection of scholarly essays that interrogate the motivations behind Australia's colonial establishment — from strategic imperial ambitions and the pressure of a burgeoning convict population, to economic interests and geopolitical rivalries with France — presenting the full spectrum of historical opinion in a single, authoritative volume. Ged Martin, a respected authority on British imperial and Australian history, curates the arguments with precision and intellectual rigour, allowing competing theses to speak directly to one another in a way that illuminates both the complexity of historical causation and the evolution of Australian national identity. Published by Sydney's Hale & Iremonger, the collection stands as an essential reference for students and scholars alike, chronicling not just the birth of a nation, but the ongoing argument about what that birth truly meant. For anyone who believes the story of Australia's founding is settled, this volume will prove a bracing and revelatory challenge.