Gold: Forgotten Histories and Lost Objects of Australia

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Iain McCalman (Australian National University, Canberra) Alexander Cook (King's College, Cambridge)

Gold

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ISBN: 9780521805957

Forgotten Histories and Lost Objects of Australia

Iain McCalman (Australian National University, Canberra), Alexander Cook (King's College, Cambridge), Andrew Reeves (National Museum of Australia, Canberra)

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Cambridge University Press
12 March 2001

Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Throughout history, gold has been the stuff of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia 150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. Immigrants flooded in from Asia and Europe, and the population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting. In this book, a team of prominent historians and curators have collaborated to produce a cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society. This fascinating book will add a new dimension to previously recorded Australian history, and provide a richer understanding of the foundations of Australian culture. Like a handful of tailings, Gold brings together a collection of stories that have been left out of standard Australian histories. It is an essential history.

Edited by: Iain McCalman (Australian National University Canberra), Alexander Cook (King's College, Cambridge), Andrew Reeves (National Museum of Australia, Canberra)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 256mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 880g
ISBN: 9780521805957
ISBN 10: 0521805953
Pages: 394
Publication Date: 12 March 2001
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Gold: Forgotten Histories and Lost Objects of Australia

'Gold is lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced, and will prove a most useful adornment to most academic bookshelves ... it embroiders the mainstream story with a wealth of stimulating and useful contextual material, and this establishes it as a valuable teaching tool, and a most readable highly recommended text.' The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 'The volume is handsomely illustrated ... often evocative ... analysis is enriched by contributions from archaeologists and art historians, and by micro studies of visual sources ... collection thus represents in microcosm the preoccupations of many historians in Australia today ...'. The Round Table