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The Barsden Memoirs (1799-1816) - An Australian Transnational Adolescence (Hardcover)
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The Barsden Memoirs (1799-1816) - An Australian Transnational Adolescence (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
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Covering the life of Josephus Henry Barsden from his birth in 1799
through his childhood to 16 years of age, the Barsden memoirs
describe events from a Sussex smugglers' inn, a convict ship to the
colony of New South Wales, sealing and whaling expeditions to Van
Diemen's Land, and Barsden's participation in a Tahitian civil war.
The author assesses the value of memoirs, and of these memoirs in
particular to students of history in respect to the transnational
paradigm. He tests the historicity and veracity of their contents,
and provides an engaging exegesis and graphical supplement of its
contents. Of central importance is Barsden's account of the Battle
of Fe'i Pi, which was in many respects the Pacific's equivalent to
the contemporaneous Battle of Waterloo, such was its lasting impact
on Pacific geopolitics. This was no ordinary childhood, and poses
many questions about a transnational adolescent's impact on major
events. A fascinating read for scholars and students of Australian,
Pacific, and British Colonial History, written with academic rigour
but accessible to non-specialists.
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