TAMING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND; A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1999. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 347 pgs, index, bibliography, section of b&w photos.Combines environmental, social and political history to record white Australians' implacable exploitation of nature. It shows how settler Australia employed the "Enlightenment" ideas of progress, economic gowth and development to conquer nature. Very Good+. Item #24108
ISBN: 0820320560
Price: $8.00
See all items in
Natural History
See all items by William J. Lines