Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia (Studies in Australian History) - Hardcover

Griffiths, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052148281X ISBN 13: 9780521482813

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Hunters and Collectors is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of the amateur scientists and humanists who have shaped the Australian historical imagination. Griffiths illuminates the way these avid collectors and discussants of the Australian land and its indigenous inhabitants have contributed a sense of national identity. He also shows how their activities feed into the political and environmental debates of the 1990s.

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Book Description

This text is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of the amateur scientists and humanists who shaped the Australian historical imagination.

Review

"...this is a model of a book in the way the author skillfully blends meticulous research, detailed description, encompassing ideas, and sophisticated insight. The book also has excellent and truly helpful illustrations." Miriam Kahn, Pacific Affairs

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052148281X
• ISBN 13: 9780521482813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432