Format:
1 online resource (xx, 722 p.)
Edition:
1. rev. ed.
ISBN:
9780191735165
Content:
The Oxford Companion to Australian History draws on the latest scholarship and covers people, institutions, and events that have shaped Australian society, politics and culture. There are entries on politicians, colonisers, visionaries, newspaper barons, industrialists, explorers, writers, artists, and scientists. There are numerous extended essays on key facets of the nation's life - political, social, cultural, scientific, military, and economic. Readers will find incisive entries on matters such as, art, capital punishment, gambling, language, literature, military history, republicanism, and reconciliation.
Note:
Includes index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195515039
Additional Edition:
ISBN 019551503X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Oxford companion to Australian history Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001 ISBN 9780195515039
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Author information:
Hirst, John B. 1942-2016
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