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SECOND HAND BOOK
The colonies of eastern Australia were founded as penal stations and were beset by many problems; nevertheless they quickly developed as civilized societies. From his survey of the period 1835-51 Dr Roe has concluded that this development was based on the strength and unity which the colonists of the mid-century found in the common acceptance of a certain set of values, named ‘moral enlightenment’. This compound of liberal, romantic and Protestant ideas became the ruling authority of Australian society, in succession to the brute force of foundation years and the ‘squarson’ hierarchy fostered by the imperial government in the 1820s, and has remained so to the present day. The author is concerned primarily with the interplay of ideas and social reality, and his synthesis of religious, cultural, economic and political forces is remarkably satisfying.
Specifications:
Condition: Fair; some tearing on the edges of the dust jacket, named inside front cover
Publisher: Melbourne University Press in association with The Australian National University
Year: 1965
Format: Hard cover
Pages: 258
ISBN: N/A
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