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Cambridge University History Melbourne 1995 . 23.0 x 15.0cms, 228pp, b/w Illusts very good+ paperback & cover This book explores the popular 19th century stories which locate Australia (along with Africa, India & the Pacific Islands) as a site of men's adventures. This 'ripping yarns' used bushranging, espionage, invasion and the discover of 'lost worlds' to promote their imperialist ideologies.

Cambridge University Press, 1995.. c.228. 8vo. Illustrated Original wrappers. A near fine copy.. First edition, Review copy with label.

Cambridge University History Melbourne 1995 . 23.0 x 15.0cms, 228pp, b/w Illusts very good+ paperback & cover This book explores the popular 19th century stories which locate Australia (along with Africa, India & the Pacific Islands) as a site of men's adventures. This 'ripping yarns' used bushranging, espionage, invasion and the discover of 'lost worlds' to promote their imperialist ideologies.

Melbourne: Cambridge U. P., 1995. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 228pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, ÔExplores the popular 19th century stories which locate Australia (along with Africa, India & the Pacific Islands) as a site of men's adventures. This 'ripping yarns' used bush-ranging, espionage, invasion and the discover of 'lost worlds' to promote their imperialist ideologies. Presentation copy signed by Robert Dixon on the half-title page

Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Writers and Writing; ISBN: 0521484391. ISBN/EAN: 9780521484398. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 46815. . 9780521484398

Cambridge University Press, 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780521484398

Cambridge Univ Pr, 1995. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 8.90x6.00x0.80 inches.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Writing the Colonial Adventure: Race, Gender and Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction, 1875 1914.

Paperback / softback. New. This book is an exploration of popular late nineteenth-century texts. Robert Dixon looks at a selection of adventure/romance writers whose narrative themes, he argues, captured many aspects of imperial ideology. Here is an original approach to popular fiction, both for its own sake and as a mode of cultural history.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Melbourne: Cambridge U. P., 1995. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 228pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, ÔExplores the popular 19th century stories which locate Australia (along with Africa, India & the Pacific Islands) as a site of men's adventures. This 'ripping yarns' used bush-ranging, espionage, invasion and the discover of 'lost worlds' to promote their imperialist ideologies. Scarce in hardcover