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Australia's Communities and the Boer War
John Mcquilton
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Description for Australia's Communities and the Boer War
Hardback. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1MBF; 3JJF; HBJF; HBJH; HBTB; HBWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
This book explores an Australian regional community’s reaction to, and involvement with, the Boer War. It argues that after the initial year the war became an ‘occasional war’ in that it was assumed that the empire would triumph. But it also laid the foundations for reactions to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. This is the first exploration of the place of the Boer War in Australian history at the community level. Indeed, even at the national level the literature is limited. It is often forgotten that, despite the claims that Australia became a federation via peaceful means, ... Read more
This book explores an Australian regional community’s reaction to, and involvement with, the Boer War. It argues that after the initial year the war became an ‘occasional war’ in that it was assumed that the empire would triumph. But it also laid the foundations for reactions to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. This is the first exploration of the place of the Boer War in Australian history at the community level. Indeed, even at the national level the literature is limited. It is often forgotten that, despite the claims that Australia became a federation via peaceful means, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319308241
SKU
V9783319308241
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About John Mcquilton
John McQuilton is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
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