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The Australians: Insiders and Outsiders on the National Character Since 1770.
by Hirst, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1863954082
- ISBN 13
- 9781863954082
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Black Inc., 2007. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 211 pp. First edition. John Hirst provides an annotated anthology of writings that outsiders and Australians have said about Australian national characteristics: these different perspectives did not always agree. What distinguishes the Australian identity? There is celebration and criticism, humour and insight. Contributors include Winston Churchill, D. H. Lawrence, Dickens, Henry Lawson - and Tim Flannery, Germaine Greer, David Malouf and Peter Cosgrove. "This is the most democratic place I have ever been in. And the more I see of democracy the more I dislike it": D.H. Lawrence. (1 of 2 available copies.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13992
- Title
- The Australians: Insiders and Outsiders on the National Character Since 1770.
- Author
- Hirst, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1863954082
- ISBN 13
- 9781863954082
- Publisher
- Black Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- reference, anthologies, anthology, australian society, australian history, identity, culture
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY;
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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