James Smith - The Making of a Colonial Culture

James Smith (1989) is study of this hitherto-neglected maker of colonial culture, and traces the rise and decline of the transplanted ideas and values that Smith and many of his fellow immigrants to Australia upheld. It reveals the remarkable vigour with which Smith set about making a new society out of the legacy of the old.

List of contents

1. Melbourne in 1855 2. England: 1820-1854 3. The Immigrant 4. Institutions 5. Public Heroes 6. Periodicals 7. The Drama, the Opera and the Fine Arts 8. Literary Controversies 9. Spiritualism 10. The Return Visit 11. A New Generation 12. Declining Years

Summary

James Smith (1989) is study of this hitherto-neglected maker of colonial culture, and traces the rise and decline of the transplanted ideas and values that Smith and many of his fellow immigrants to Australia upheld. It reveals the remarkable vigour with which Smith set about making a new society out of the legacy of the old.

Product details

• Authors: Lurline Stuart, Stuart Lurline
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032424750
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242475-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Australia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Colonialism & imperialism, Australasian & Pacific history, Colonialism and imperialism, Australasian and Pacific history