A New History of Western Australia edited by C T Stannage

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair to good. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing and marks on foredges, preliminary and end pages. Previous owner has inscribed inside page. Dust jacket has wear to the edges and sunning to the book flaps. Dust jacket is enclosed in protective covering. Binding is still in good condition. A worn but clean copy.

The definitive book on Western Australian history. Some of Western Australia's most esteemed historians have contributed to this book, including Neville Green, Geoffrey Bolton, Pamela Statham, Reg Appleyard, Graeme Snook, Brian de Garis, David Black, Marian Aveling and many more.

Table of Contents:

1. Aboriginal Cultures and Western Australia by I M Crawford
2. The First Western Australians by Sylvia J Hallam
3. Aborigines and White Settlers in the Nineteenth Century by Neville Green
4. Black and White After 1897 by G C Bolton
5. Swan River Colony 1829 - 1850 by Pamela Statham
6. Western Australia: Economic and Demographic Growth 1850 - 1914 by R T Appleyard
7. Development in Adversity 1913 to 1946 by G D Snook
8. Economic Development and Population Growth in Western Australia Since 1945 by R N Ghosh
9. Political Tutelage 1829 - 1890 by B K de Garis
10. Self-Government and the Emergence of the Political Party System 1891 - 1911 by B K de Garis
11. The Evolution of the Trade Union Movement in Western Australia by I H vanden Driesen
12. Party Politics in Turmoil 1911 - 1924 by David Black
13. The Era of Labour Ascendancy 1924 - 1947 by David Black
14. Liberal Triumphant: The Politics of Development 1947 - 1980 by David Black
15. The Family: Some Aspects of its Demography and Ideology in Mid-Nineteenth Century In Western Australia by Margaret Grellier
16. Builders and Buildings by Margaret Pitt Morison and John White
17. Education of the People by Laadan Fletcher
18. Western Australian Society: The Religious Aspect 1829 - 1895 by Marian Aveling
19. Literature and Society 1829 - 1979 by John Hay
20. Crime and Society by J E Thomas
21. Sport and Society 1890 - 1940: A Foray by Brian Stoddart
22. Western Australia Reflects on its Past by G C Bolton