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This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the
arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth
century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives
of both Indigenous Tasmanians and British settlers, author Henry
Reynolds provides an original and engaging exploration of these
first fraught encounters. Utilising key themes to bind his
narrative, Reynolds explores how geography created a unique
economic and migratory history for Tasmania, quite separate from
the mainland experience. He offers an astute analysis of the
island's economic and demographic reality, by noting that this
facilitated the survival of a rich heritage of colonial
architecture unique in Australia, and allowed the resident
population to foster a powerful web of kinship. Reynolds'
remarkable capacity to empathise with the characters of his
chronicle makes this a powerful, engaging and moving account of
Tasmania's unique position within Australian history.
The Australian Aborigines first arrived on the continent at least
60,000 years ago. They almost certainly landed on the northwest
coast by sea from the nearby islands of the Indonesian archipelago.
That first arrival may have been replicated many times over. The
following exploration and settlement of a vast and varied continent
was a venture of heroic proportions. The new settlers had reached
southern Tasmania, the point farthest from the original landfall at
least 30,000 years ago. By the early 17th century, when the first
European seafarers arrived in Australian waters, the Aboriginal
nations were living in every part of the continent, having
colonized the tropical rainforests of the north, the vast arid
deserts of the interior, and the cool and damp woodlands of the
southeast. The Historical Dictionary of Australian Aborigines
relates the history of Australia's indigenous inhabitants from
their arrival on the continent 60,000 years ago to the centuries
long European colonization process starting in the 1600s to their
role in today's Australia. This is done through a chronology, an
introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 300
cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places,
events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and
politics. This book is an excellent access point for students,
researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Australian
Aboriginal peoples.
In 1900 W. E. B. DuBois prophesied that the colour line would be
the key problem of the twentieth-century and he later identified
one of its key dynamics: the new religion of whiteness that was
sweeping the world. Whereas most historians have confined their
studies of race-relations to a national framework, this book offers
a pioneering study of the transnational circulation of people and
ideas, racial knowledge and technologies that under-pinned the
construction of self-styled white men's countries from South
Africa, to North America and Australasia. Marilyn Lake and Henry
Reynolds show how in the late nineteenth century and early
twentieth century these countries worked in solidarity to exclude
those they defined as not-white, actions that provoked a long
international struggle for racial equality. Their findings make
clear the centrality of struggles around mobility and sovereignty
to modern formulations of both race and human rights.
In 1900 W. E. B. DuBois prophesied that the colour line would be
the key problem of the twentieth-century and he later identified
one of its key dynamics: the new religion of whiteness that was
sweeping the world. Whereas most historians have confined their
studies of race-relations to a national framework, this book offers
a pioneering study of the transnational circulation of people and
ideas, racial knowledge and technologies that under-pinned the
construction of self-styled white men's countries from South
Africa, to North America and Australasia. Marilyn Lake and Henry
Reynolds show how in the late nineteenth century and early
twentieth century these countries worked in solidarity to exclude
those they defined as not-white, actions that provoked a long
international struggle for racial equality. Their findings make
clear the centrality of struggles around mobility and sovereignty
to modern formulations of both race and human rights.
This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the
arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth
century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives
of both Indigenous Tasmanians and British settlers, author Henry
Reynolds provides an original and engaging exploration of these
first fraught encounters. Utilising key themes to bind his
narrative, Reynolds explores how geography created a unique
economic and migratory history for Tasmania, quite separate from
the mainland experience. He offers an astute analysis of the
island's economic and demographic reality, by noting that this
facilitated the survival of a rich heritage of colonial
architecture unique in Australia, and allowed the resident
population to foster a powerful web of kinship. Reynolds'
remarkable capacity to empathise with the characters of his
chronicle makes this a powerful, engaging and moving account of
Tasmania's unique position within Australian history.
Title: Torquato Tasso's Aminta Englisht by Henry Reynolds]. To this
is added Ariadne's Complaint in imitation of Anguillara; written by
the translator of Tasso's Aminta.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books
reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society,
ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many
classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection
has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below
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British Library Tasso, Torquato; Reynolds, Henry; 1628. 4 .
162.e.37.
In 1900 W. E. B. DuBois prophesied that the colour line would be
the key problem of the twentieth-century and he later identified
one of its key dynamics: the new religion of whiteness that was
sweeping the world. Whereas most historians have confined their
studies of race-relations to a national framework, this book, first
published in 2008, studies the transnational circulation of people
and ideas, racial knowledge and technologies that under-pinned the
construction of self-styled white men's countries from South
Africa, to North America and Australasia. Marilyn Lake and Henry
Reynolds show how in the late nineteenth century and early
twentieth century these countries worked in solidarity to exclude
those they defined as not-white, actions that provoked a long
international struggle for racial equality. Their findings make
clear the centrality of struggles around mobility and sovereignty
to modern formulations of both race and human rights.
'How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering
in the bottom of our hearts?' Listening to the whispering in his
own heart, Henry Reynolds was led into the lives of remarkable and
largely forgotten white humanitarians who followed their
consciences and challenged the prevailing attitudes to Indigenous
people. His now-classic book This Whispering in Our Hearts
constructed an alternative history of Australia through the eyes of
those who felt disquiet and disgust at the brutality of
dispossession. These men and women fought for justice for
Indigenous people even when doing so left them isolated and
criticised by their fellow whites. The unease of these
humanitarians about the morality of white settlement has not
dissipated and their legacy informs current debates about
reconciliation between black and white Australia. Revisiting this
history, in this new edition Reynolds brings fresh perspectives to
issues we grapple with still. Those who argue for justice,
reparation, recognition and a treaty will find themselves in
solidarity with those who went before. But this powerful book shows
how much remains to be done to settle the whispering in our hearts.
An updated edition of a classic text, now includes reflections on
native title, the apology, international conventions, reparations,
recognition and the treaty.
'Australian governments find it easy to go to war. Their leaders
seem to be able to withdraw with a calm conscience, answerable
neither to God nor humanity.' Australia lost 600 men in the Boer
War, a threeyear conflict fought in the heart of Africa that had,
ostensibly, nothing to do with Australia. Coinciding with
Federation, the war kickstarted Australia's commitment to fighting
in Britain's wars overseas, and forged a national identity around
it. By 1902, when the Boer War ended, a mythology about our
colonial soldiers had already been crafted, and a dangerous
precedent established. This is Henry Reynolds at his searing best,
as he shows how the Boer War left a dark and dangerous legacy,
demonstrating how those beliefs have propelled us into too many
unnecessary wars - without ever counting the cost.
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