Название: Australian History For Dummies
Автор: Alex McDermott
Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited
Жанр: Историческая литература
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Australian History For Dummies®, 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here
5 Part 1: Let’s Get This Country Started Chapter 1: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie When Oldest Meets Newest Gold, Gold, Gold for Australia Solving the Problems of the World (By Keeping Out the World) Now for War, Division, Depression and More War The Postwar Boom Broom Breaking Down the Fortress Australia Mentality Entering the New Millennium Chapter 2: First Australians: Making a Home, Receiving Visitors Indigenous Australians Visitors from Overseas Chapter 3: Second Arrivals and First Colonials ‘Discovering’ the Great Southern Land The Brits are Coming! Sailing for Botany Bay Holding Out at Sydney New Colony Blues Chapter 4: Colony Going Places (With Some Teething Troubles) Rising to the Task: The NSW Corps Steps Up Ruling with Goodhearted Incompetence: Governor Hunter King Came, King Saw, King Conquered — Kind Of Fixing up the mess Chapter 5: A Nation of Second Chances Macquarie’s Brave New World Macquarie’s Main Points СКАЧАТЬ