Death or Liberty: Rebels and Radicals Transported to Australia 1788 - 1868 - Couverture souple

Moore, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1741961408 ISBN 13 : 9781741961409

Editeur : Murdoch Books, 2010

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the British Government banished their political enemies - viewed with the same alarm as today's 'terrorists' - to the shores of Australia. Sent as convicts to the other side of the world, these political prisoners included liberals, democrats and republicans; machine breakers, food rioters, trade unionists and Chartists; radical journalists and intellectuals; Irish revolutionaries, Scottish Jacobins, and Canadian and even American insurgents. Criminals and traitors in the eyes of the law, many of these transported political prisoners were heroes and martyrs to their own communities, and are still revered in their homelands as freedom fighters and patriots, progressive thinkers and crusading reformers. Yet in Australia, memory of these rebels and their causes has dimmed. In Death or Liberty historian Tony Moore brings new life to their stories and restores them to their rightful place in Australian and world history.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Dr Tony Moore is a writer, historian and academic based in Melbourne. He has a PhD in Australian history from the University of Sydney and is a senior lecturer at and Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. Tony's career has spanned political activism, documentary making at the ABC, journalism and book publishing. He was commissioning editor of the 'Australian Encounters' book series for Cambridge University Press and has authored two books: The Barry McKenzie Movies, (2005) and Dancing with Empty Pockets (2012).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Murdoch Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1741961408
• ISBN 13: 9781741961409
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432