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This book shows the Rocks as a place very different from the ususal images of a brutal 'gaol colony'. It was, rather, a preindustrial town, a face-to-face society, marked more by movement and opportunity dialogue and negotiation than by coercion, discipline and punishment. Winner of Premier's Community & Regional History Prize 1998.Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Press
ISBN-139780522847222
eBay Product ID (ePID)96192929
Product Key Features
Publication Year1993
SubjectHistory
Number of Pages324 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Rocks: Everyday Life in Early Sydney 1788-1830
TypeTextbook
AuthorKarskens Grace
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
Title_AuthorKarskens Grace