Writing the Colonial Adventure: Race, Gender & Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction 1875-1914
by Dixon, Robert
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Melbourne: Cambridge U. P., 1995. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 228pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, ÔExplores the popular 19th century stories which locate Australia (along with Africa, India & the Pacific Islands) as a site of men's adventures. This 'ripping yarns' used bush-ranging, espionage, invasion and the discover of 'lost worlds' to promote their imperialist ideologies. Scarce in hardcover
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- Title
- Writing the Colonial Adventure: Race, Gender & Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction 1875-1914
- Author
- Dixon, Robert
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge U. P.
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- octavo
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