In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to society. Original and compelling, Savage or Civilised? is the story of behaviour, respect and manners in colonial Australia.
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In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to society. Original and compelling, Savage or Civilised? is the story of behaviour, respect and manners in colonial Australia.
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Very Good. 9780868408606. Australian History. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian History; ISBN/EAN: 9780868408606. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27617.
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Very Good. 8vo. x, 406pp, index, references, notes, col plates. Pictorial card. Foxing to page edges. From the sparse pastoral frontiers to the crowded city streets of colonial Australia, manners mattered.
