A History Of Tasmania

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 331 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: 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 to the mainland experience. He offers an astute analysis of the islands 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 Tasmanias unique position within Australian history.

ISBN: 9780521548373