Examining the ways European society rapidly, radically transformed Australia's physical and human landscapes, the author writes of repeated environmental devastation - from the early slaughter of seals and whales to the destructive spread of sheep, through gold rushes and land settlement to British nuclear tests and the modern mining and timber industries. The author shows how Enlightenment ideas of progress, economic growth and development were reconstructed on Australian soil, and how the promise of the conquest of nature ...
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Examining the ways European society rapidly, radically transformed Australia's physical and human landscapes, the author writes of repeated environmental devastation - from the early slaughter of seals and whales to the destructive spread of sheep, through gold rushes and land settlement to British nuclear tests and the modern mining and timber industries. The author shows how Enlightenment ideas of progress, economic growth and development were reconstructed on Australian soil, and how the promise of the conquest of nature became a mockery in fact, resulting in the mass dislocation and destruction of indigenous populations.
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F in F- jacket. F/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. xx, 338 (last blank), with illustrations & maps. A near fine copy.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by author on title page. Inscription is to the the New Sobiaco library. 1st edition, no numberline. As new. looks unread. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 337 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'Patriots: Defending Australia's Natural Heritage' and 'A Long Walk in the Australian Bush'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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New in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 337 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Brand new book, small rub on front cover where price sticker has been removed.