Social Sketches of Australia, 1888-2001 |
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| Author:
| McQueen, Humphrey |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7022-3440-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Unlike more conventional histories, it uses little-known accounts ranging from regional histories to pen portraits, anecdotes and diaries. Humphrey McQueen's compelling narrative presents a mosaic of the richly varied experience of everyday life- what people wore and ate, the sorts of houses they lived in and what they learned at school. In addition, he looks at how they were affected by natural disasters as well as by disease and by working conditions in an increasingly industrialised society.
Unlike more conventional histories, it uses little-known accounts ranging from regional histories to pen portraits, anecdotes and diaries. Humphrey McQueen's compelling narrative presents a mosaic of the richly varied experience of everyday life- what people wore and ate, the sorts of houses they lived in and what they learned at school. In addition, he looks at how they were affected by natural disasters as well as by disease and by working conditions in an increasingly industrialised society.