This book deals with the lives of the great Chinese calligraphers and the aesthetics of their work. Beginning with a detailed description of the various scripts of the written Chinese language, the author goes on to identify the major calligraphers, and discusses calligraphy as an art from the Chinese viewpoint and also in relation to modern Western art forms. Eighty examples of Chinese calligraphy are reproduced and discussed. With a chronology and index. xx, 286 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..

Chinese Calligraphers and Their Art

Chih-Mai, Ch'En

Melbourne Univ Pr

This is the story of one of the Australians who patrolled isolated parts of New Guinea during World War II, in dangerous proximity to the enemy- but far from the aid of their own forces. The hardships of patrolling in the jungle were many, and one of the worst aspects was the continuous uncertainty of where the Japanese would be found -- in front, behind, or waiting in the next village. Fear was a constant companion, and danger when it came had to be faced by men already tried almost to the limits of their physical strength. This book tells an impressive story of endurance and quiet courage. It also gives an unforgettable picture of the savage beauty of New Guinea, and of the charm and nobility of its people at their best.

Fear Drive My Feet

Ryan, P.

A classic of Australian history, this book provides the detailed story of the men who created or were caught up in the land boom fever, and of their personal triumph or destruction. It tells the story of colonial Victoria, made rich by gold and populous by the immigrants who followed. The flourishing economy saw speculation rewarded, and no apparent limits to expansion. The depression which followed was a catastrophe, the supreme crisis for the colony.

The Land Boomers

History

Cannon, Michael

Americas

Mystery surrounds the true identity of the author of this account of New South Wales in the 1820s and 1830s, but many believe it was Alexander Harris. The author had come to Sydney saying it 'was in the hope of bettering my condition', and he went on to observe colonial society and its doings with a keen eye and an expressive pen. A sense of freshness, adventure and wonder at the unknown in a strange new land is apparent on every page. He is awed by the splendours of the ancient Australian cedar forests of the south coast of New South Wales. He describes the brutality, frequency and injustice of the floggings which were still part of the convict system. He decries the corruption and tyranny of the magistrates and police. He is impressed by the warmth and equality of hospitality in the rough bush huts. Aborigines and bushrangers, cattle duffers and sly grog dealers, prostitutes and settlers' wives - all are here in an account sparkling with the vitality of fascinating experience in a raw, rough-and-tumble society. Manning Clark's Foreword recounts the detective-like search for the identity of the author and considers what kind of a man Alexander Harris must have been and why he wrote this account.

Settlers and Convicts: Or, Recollections of Sixteen Years' Labour in the Australian Backwoods

Alexander Harris

A new edition of Lloyd Robson's classic study of the origins and crimes of Australia's convict settlers which introduced a valuable core of hard facts into a discussion previously dominated by anecdote and polemic. Working from a statistical sampling of convicts, and writing with sympathetic insight, Lloyd Robson examined the convicts' records: their social and economic background, age, religion and occupation; and individual cases.

The Convict Settlers of Australia

Robson, L. L.

Australia & Oceania

Child's Construction of Politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Connell, R.W.

Social Sciences

Making of the Australian Constitution (Studies in Australian Federation)

LA Nauze, John Andrew

LA Nauze, J. A.

Australian Colonists: An Explanation of Social History, 1788-1870

Inglis, K. S.

This classic text presents a close look at the transportation system and sets it in its proper place as one of various modes of punishment used in the English penal system. Australia was not the only colony to which British statesmen wanted to send their felons, and the author discusses projects of transportation to the American colonies and South Africa, throwing light on the 'choice of Botany Bay'. His discussion of the character of the convicts settles many of the longstanding arguments about the criminality of Australia's founders by subjecting their records to rigorous scrutiny.

Convicts and the Colonies

SHAW, A.G.L.

Unequal Allies: Australian-American Relations and the Pacific War

Bell, Roger John

Politics & Government

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