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“james waghorne”

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  • Australian Universities

    A History of Common Cause

    by Gwilym Croucher, James Waghorne ...
    Few of Australia's institutions are as significant or as complex as its universities. This first comprehensive history of Australia's university system explores how universities work and for whom, and how their relationship with each other, their staff and students, and the public has evolved over a century. This book tells the story of how Australia's universities have expanded to usher in an era ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939

    by Kate Darian-Smith, James Waghorne ...
    Australia's extraordinary contribution to World War I extended well beyond its military forces to the expertise of its universities and professional men and women. Scientists and engineers oversaw the manufacture of munitions and the development of chemical weapons. Doctors sustained soldiers in the trenches, and treated the physically and psychologically damaged. Public servants, lawyers and ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

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  • Dreamers and Schemers

    A Political History of Australia

    by Frank Bongiorno ...
    A landmark book - the first full political history of AustraliaIn this compelling and comprehensive work, renowned historian Frank Bongiorno presents a social and cultural history of Australia's political life, from pre-settlement Indigenous systems to the present day.Depicting a wonderful parade of dreamers and schemers, Bongiorno surveys moments of political renewal and sheds fresh light on our ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • New Zealand in the Twentieth Century

    by Paul Moon ...
    A fascinating and vibrant history of the New Zealand experience in the twentieth century.this is an accessible social history of life in New Zealand throughout the twentieth century, a time before most of us were born, as well as a period within which most of us have lived. Superbly researched and carefully chosen incidents and passages of history have been selected to tell our story, using diary ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Eighties

    The Decade That Transformed Australia

    by Frank Bongiorno ...
    Winner of the ACT Book of the Year AwardIt was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America’s Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right.It was a time when Australians ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Australia's Great Depression

    How a nation shattered by the Great War survived the worst economic crisis it has ever faced

    by Joan Beaumont ...
    How a nation still in grief from the Great War found the courage and resilience to face a new tragedy, the Great Depression.Highly Commended in the 2022 NSW Premier's History AwardsSome generations are born unlucky. Australians who survived the horrors of the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed were soon faced with the shock of the Great Depression. Today we remember long dole ... Read more

    $14.09 USD

  • The Revelation of Ireland

    1995-2020

    by Diarmaid Ferriter ...
    THE NUMBER 1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024An Irish Times Book of the Year 2024Ireland is a strikingly different country now to the one it was in the mid-1990s. Dramatic economic, social and cultural changes, including the Celtic Tiger boom and increasingly secular debate about abortion, the status of women and same-sex marriage underlined ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • Freedom Ride

    A freedom rider remembers

    by Ann Curthoys ...
    This is the story of Australia's historic Freedom Ride, the 1965 bus journey into the heart of the country to fight racism, from one who was there.One warm midnight in 1965, 29 students from Sydney University set out on a road trip through north western New South Wales. Ann Curthoys, the author of this book, was one of the passengers.This was no ordinary trip and it became known as the 'Freedom ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Donald Horne

    A Life in the Lucky Country

    by Ryan Cropp ...
    The fascinating biography of a brilliant man who captured the nation's imagination and boldly showed Australians who we were and how we could changeIn the 1960s, Donald Horne offered Australians a compelling reinterpretation of the Menzies years as a period of social and political inertia and mediocrity. His book The Lucky Country was profoundly influential and, without doubt, one of the most ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The University of Toronto

    A History, Second Edition

    by Martin L. Friedland ...
    The University of Toronto is Canada’s leading university and one of Canada’s most important cultural and scientific institutions. In this history of the University from its origin as King’s College in 1827 to the present, Martin Friedland brings personalities, events, and changing visions and ideas into a remarkable synthesis. His scholarly yet highly readable account presents colourful presidents ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Bateman Illustrated History of New Zealand

    by Matthew Wright ...
    New Zealand's past has been a rollercoaster ride of hopes, dreams, wars and peace. In his fully revised Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent, exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians over 800 years ago, to the present day. Nearly 600 paintings, maps, sketches and photographs from the collection of the Alexander ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Urban Nation

    Australia's Planning Heritage

    by Robert Freestone ...
    Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage provides the first national survey of the historical impact of urban planning and design on the Australian landscape. This ambitious account looks at every state and territory from the earliest days of European settlement to the present day. It identifies and documents hundreds of places - parks, public spaces, redeveloped precincts, neighbourhoods, ... Read more

    $51.99 USD