"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
£ 17.44
From Australia to U.S.A.
Book Description hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition; 288 pages, b/w photos. Seller Inventory # 86194
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A firm straight book, 288 pages. Ex reference library with small stamp on front endpaper, otherwise spotless. Just out of long-term storage, appears unread. Seller Inventory # 045103
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The significance of the part played by women in founding the colony at Sydney Cove and in bearing the first generation of Australians is shown dramatically in this account of the various roles played by bond and free, from the departure of the First Fleet until the end of Macquarie's governorship. Hardback very good, dust jacket shows signs of wear but is protected by removable plastic sleeve.Gift card attached to front endpaper. 288 pages b/w photographs. Seller Inventory # 090226
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book in excellent clean condition, in green boards. Dust jacket has slightly faded spine, slight chipping at edges. Previous owner's name hand-written across flypage. An interpretive and fascinating history of the first British women who arrived in Australia - from convict women to the wives of officials, their relationships to each other and the impact their presence had on the early colonies. Seller Inventory # 003418
Book Description Condition: sehr guter Zustand. F. sehr guter Zustand, geringe Gebrauchs- und Alterungsspuren: Schutzumschlag gering defekt The significance of the part played by women in founding the colony at Sydney Cove and in bearing the first generation of Australians is shown dramatically in this account of the various roles played by bond and free from the departure of the First Fleet until the end of Macquarie's governorship. The British Government took on itself a heavy responsibility when it transported women of child-bearing age to a colony of sex-starved men. Most of the convict women suffered ruthless sexual exploitation; all the involuntary exiles ? whether wives of officials or prisoners ? suffered unappeasable nostalgia and homesickness in a remote and hostile land. Yet they survived and their children flourished. Helen Heney brings to life the ebullient London prostitutes who so bothered and shocked their gaolers; the well-behaved prisoners who formed the majority; the quarrelsome or steady de facto wives; the free women who helped or ignored the disadvantaged. Here, too, are Margaret Catchpole and Mary Reibey, as well as the wives of officials (Mrs Richard Johnson, Mrs Samuel Marsden, Elizabeth Macarthur, Anna Josepha King, Elizabeth Macquarie), and Bligh's fiery daughter, Mary, who remains an enigma. Many peculiarly Australian attitudes have stemmed not only from the environment but from the influence of the convict and emancipist women who mothered the first native-born. In this interpretative history, Helen Heney throws new light on what it means to be Australian." Seitenanzahl: 288 Seiten mit 72 Bildern Format: ca. 16 x 23,5 Leinen Englisch. Seller Inventory # 326005