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Empty Cradles (Oranges and Sunshine)by Margaret Humphreys
Transworld 2011; US$ 9.59Also published as Oranges and Sunshine. In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous, Margaret discovered that this was just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Up to 150,000 children, some as young as three years old, had been deported from children's homes in Britain and shipped off to a 'new life' in distant parts of the Empire, right up until as recently as 1970. Many were told that their parents were dead, and parents were told that their children had been adopted. In fact, for many children it was to be a life of horrendous physical and sexual abuse far away from everything they knew.... more...
Australia's Most Notorious Convictsby Barbara Malpass Edwards
Exisle Publishing 2007; US$ 4.99Thousands of convicts were transported to Australia. Of these, some managed to escape and went on to achieve notoriety in their new land. A few tried to invent a Robin Hood reputation, taking the side of the poor settler against those in authority. Some committed crimes so heinous they were both feared and despised by the general population. AUSTRALIAS MOST NOTORIOUS CONVICTS reveals not only their stories but also the horror and brutality of the prison system they fought so hard to escape. more...
Norfolkby Timothy Latham
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 23.96Norfolk: Island of Secrets is an insightful look at the horrific murder of Janelle Patton, the investigation and the unique island community that created one of the most intriguing mysteries of recent times. more...
Australia Under Attackby Douglas Lockwood
New Holland Publishers (Australia) 2005; US$ 9.95The first ever attack on Australia by a foreign power occurred at Darwin on 19 February 1942. To this day, Australia Under Attack remains the most reliable and accurate account of the Darwin bombings. more...
Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia, 1961-1965by Matthew Jones
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 28.00Matthew Jones provides a detailed insight into the origins, outbreak and development of the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation within the context of Britain and American diplomacy. Using new archival sources, he illuminates the creation of Malaysia, Indonesia's opposition to the new state and the Western Powers' reactions to the resulting conflict. more...
Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japanby Dorothy Ko; JaHyun Kim Haboush; Joan R. Piggott
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95Representing an unprecedented collaboration among international scholars from Asia, Europe, and the United States, this volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The authors discuss the absence of women in the Confucian canonical tradition and examine the presence of women in politics, family, education, and art in premodern China, Korea, and Japan. more...
Africa since 1800by Roland Oliver; Anthony Atmore
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 26.00This book looks at the peoples of Africa at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, partition and colonisation, and the colonial rule up to 1960. The last third of the book is concerned with the history of independent Africa during the last years of the twentieth century. more...
Aboriginal Victoriansby Richard Broome
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 29.05The fascinating and sometimes horrifying story of Aborigines in Victoria since white settlement, from one of Australia's leading historians. more...
Making English Moralsby M. J. D. Roberts; Margot Finn; Keith Wrightson; Colin Jones
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 37.00Campaigns for moral reform were a recurrent and distinctive feature of public life in later Georgian and Victorian England. This book sets out to explore the world of these volunteer networks, their foci of concern, their patterns of recruitment, their methods of operation, and the responses they aroused. more...
Settlementby Peter Read
Aboriginal Studies Press 2000; US$ 31.00This book encompasses the whole history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing. more...