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Loss of human life, destruction of crops and pastures, millions of dead animals, economic retardation and denuded landscapes—all these are associated with El Niño events in the early twentieth century. What is not so widely recognised is that, while our climate is changing, El Niño events were present throughout the histories of colonial Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. In due course the colonists better understood the vagaries of their climates and developed precautionary measures. Climatic extremes were also incorporated into their cultures and adopted as shaping forces in national character and national history. Droughts, Floods and Cyclones is a most comprehensive study of this phenomenon.
Available May | ISBN: 978 1 921509 38 4 | RRP: $39.95
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Positioned at one of anthropology’s most significant boundaries, the Torres Strait Islands and their indigenous inhabitants have fascinated scientists for well over a century. Pictures, Patterns, and Objects explores the rich yet relatively unknown rock-art of the area to investigate Islander artistic expression as an indicator of social interaction. This richly illustrated study employs digital technology to recover rapidly fading rock paintings. Liam m. Brady outlines how Islander and Aboriginal artistic expression is part of a much broader regional sphere that traverses significant social and linguistic boundaries, and argues that patterns of interaction across the hunter-gatherer and horticultural peoples are far more extensive than previously thought.
Available October | ISBN: 978 1 74097 158 4 | RRP: $79.95
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Contributors to this volume provide multiple perspectives on the complex history and development of adoption in Australia and reflect on current issues in domestic and intercountry adoption. They discuss topics as diverse as celebrity adoption, intercountry experiences, gay and lesbian adoption and Indigenous adoption. Many write from direct experience as birth mothers, adoptive parents, adoptees, or as social workers in the adoption process. This is essential reading for those personally touched by adoption, those considering the adoption of a child, those working in the field, as well as students and researchers and general readers with an interest in Australian social and family life.
Available October | ISBN: 978 1 921509 46 9 | RRP: $34.95
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This comprehensive work traces the sad, destructive impact on Aboriginal and colonists’ health of the Old World’s crowd diseases—measles, scarlet fever, influenza, smallpox and tuberculosis among them. It also tells of the attempts by mothers and medical professionals to heal and prevent disease with nursing, sanitary reform and the building of hospitals. Smith sets his account in the context of political, economic and social history. He writes with authority and wit—his book will entertain and instruct a wide range of readers, including general history students, health providers, administrators and educators.
Available October | ISBN: 978 1 921509 19 3 | RRP: $44.00
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It is often said that Henry Reynolds has altered Australian history, and this book illuminates the extraordinary significance of his personal and public roles as historian, writer and commentator. By expanding and challenging Reynolds’ contribution, the authors of each chapter broaden our understanding of the legacy of this man from a national and international perspective. They discuss issues surrounding frontier settlement, land rights, sovereignty and race. In thinking about the influence, both academic and popular, of a scholar of Reynolds’ stature, we find ourselves exploring the character of the discipline of history itself, and of its role in our public culture.
Available October | ISBN: 978 1 921509 44 5 | RRP: $49.95
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Authenticity is a formidable word, a dangerous word, a word whereby fortunes, careers, and reputations can be won or lost. But what has authenticity to do with art? The essays in this book focus on their turbulent relationship ranging across the fields of literature and the visual arts and philosophy, and covering topics as diverse as fictional biography, portraiture, copies and forgeries, war photography, letters as testimony and texts in translation. The reader encounters erasmus, Rousseau, Heidegger, Beckett, Borges, and Houellebecq; engages with subjects as varied as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, da Vinci’s La Belle Ferronnière, and Million Dollar Baby.
Available September | ISBN: 978 1 921509 13 1 | RRP: $44.00
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