Sharon Morgan

Land Settlement in Early Tasmania

Creating an Antipodean England

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Produktbeschreibung

Van Diemen's Land as a case study in nineteenth-century European expansion and imperialism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780521522960
• ISBN-10: 052152296X
• Artikelnr.: 21334317

Autorenporträt

Sharon Morgan is a Preschool teacher by profession. She believes that every child is special and unique in his or her own way and has potential to learn. She also believes that the preschool years should be viewed as fundamental and with parental involvement, children will acquire the skills and attitudes needed to promote holistic learning and development.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Note on currency and measurements
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The alienation of land and spread of settlement
2. Ambitious, avaricious men: an examination of land grantees, 1804¿1823
3. 'A very comfortable situation': a social history of land settlement
4. The 'best kind of property': farmers and livestock in early Van Diemen's Land
5. Agriculture
6. A 'luscious abundance': colonial gardens and gardening
7. 'If it moves, shoot it': the impact of European settlement on the environment
8. Farming in a convict colony: the problems of the bush
9. A 'sadistic frenzy': European-Aboriginal contact
Conclusion
Appendices
Abbreviations
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.