A History of Australia: Volumes I & II: From Earliest Times to 1838 [Paperback]

Manning Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0522848974 | ISBN-13: 978-0522848977

1822 - 1838 was a period of struggle and change, from a plantation society using convict labour and governed by army and navy officers to a society with increasing numbers of free settlers, businessmen turned landowners and a small business and professional class in the towns.

Manning Clark deals with the effect on the Aborigines of the coming of Europeans, in which G. A. Robinson played a part in Van Diemen's Land, and continues the record of inland exploration by describing journeys of Hume and Hovell and of Captain Charles Sturt.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'. . . He flooded whole areas with light in ways that nobody had ever done before. He was an oracle, not a conventional historian.' -- Geoffrey Serle

'. . . He looked for great human issues and presented them as moral dramas.' -- Donald Horne

'. . . a novelist, a painter, a theologian and prophet, and from these callings he brings some of the qualities of imagination, the sense of wonder, and the will to create order from chaos, which is as vital to the historian as those other more common and essential skills.' -- Geoffrey Blainey --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Manning Clark was senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and later, Professor of History in the School of General Studies, Australian National University. In 1972 he became the first Professor of Australian History. In June 1975 Clark was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his writing of the monumental A History of Australia. He was named Australian of the Year for 1980. Professor Clark died in May 1991. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 814 pages
• Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0522848974
• ISBN-13: 978-0522848977
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,000,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)