The People of Perth: A Social History of Western Australia's Capital City by C T Stannage

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Stain to the tail edge of the book. However all pages are separated. Foxing to inside covers. Foxing to top foredge. Dust jacket has light creasing to edges. Foxing to backing of dust jacket. Fading to spine and back cover.

Stannage's social history of Perth describes the experiences of several generations of migrant settlers in the Swan River Colony from 1829 onwards. It shows the people of all classes at work and play, buying and selling, praying, going out to school, raising families, founding institutions, making laws, and engaging in municipal and colonial politics. (inside cover)

The book, when published, was controversial. Some Perth City Councillors and older Perth families were offended.