Title A history of Tasmania / Henry Reynolds

Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2012 (i.e. 2011)

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Description xi, 331 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm regular print Contents Introduction -- 1. First meetings, extraordinary encounters -- 2. Van Diemen's Land : settling in the enviable island -- 3. The Black War : the tragic fate of the Tasmanian Aborigines -- 4. An idelible stain? -- 5. The triumph of colonisation -- 6. The politics of Van Diemen's Land -- 7. The convict system -- 8. Post-penal depression, 1856-70 -- 9. Reform and recovery -- 10. Federation and war -- 11. Between the wars -- 12. Postwar Tasmania -- 13. Towards the bicentenary Summary This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions through to the modern day Analysis Australian History Tasmania Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p,[311]-319) and index Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, Postgraduate, General Notes © Henry Reynolds 2012 Subject Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History. Prisoners -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History. SUBJECT Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 Tasmania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115474 -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Tasmania -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004479 Tasmania -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004486 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Tasmania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115474 -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736 Tasmania -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004486 LC no. 2011278195 ISBN 9780521548373 (paperback) 9781107014589 (hbk.)

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