{"product_id":"the-story-of-australia-louise-c-johnson-9781760297084","title":"The Story of Australia: A New History of People and Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story of Australia\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fresh, engaging and comprehensive introduction to Australia's history and geography. An island continent with distinct physical features, Australia is home to the most enduring Indigenous cultures on the planet. In the late eighteenth century newcomers from distant worlds brought great change. Since that time, Australia has been shaped by many peoples with competing visions of what the future might hold. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new history of Australia integrates a rich body of scholarship from many disciplines, drawing upon maps, novels, poetry, art, music, diaries and letters, government and scientific reports, newspapers, architecture and the land itself, engaging with Australia in its historical, geographical, national and global contexts. It pays particular attention to women and Indigenous Australians, as well as exploring key themes including invasion\/colonisation, land use, urbanisation, war, migration, suburbia and social movements for change. Elegantly written, readers will enjoy Australia's story from its origins to the present as the nation seeks to resolve tensions between Indigenous dispossession, British tradition and multicultural diversity while finding its place in an Asian region and dealing with global challenges like climate change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is an ideal text for students, academics and general readers with an interest in Australian history, geography, politics and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise C. Johnson, Tanja Luckins, David Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760297089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760297084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouise C. Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Honorary Professor at Deakin University. A human geographer, she has researched and published on city access and inclusion, manufacturing workplaces, the Indigenous absence in Australian urban planning and the dynamics of Australian regional economies. Her books include \u003cem\u003ePlacebound: Australian Feminist Geographies \u003c\/em\u003e(2000), \u003cem\u003eCultural Capitals\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), and, with Sue Jackson and Libby Porter, \u003cem\u003ePlanning in Indigenous Australia \u003c\/em\u003e(2018). In 2011 she received the Institute of Australian Geographers Australia and International Medal for her contribution to urban, social and cultural geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTanja Luckins \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian in the Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has published on memory and war; material and popular culture; cosmopolitanism; food and drink cultures; and the 1960s. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Memory: Australian People's Experiences and Memories of Loss and the Great War \u003c\/i\u003e(2004) and, with Diane Kirkby and Chris McConville, \u003ci\u003eThe Australian Pub\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Walker AM, FASSA, FAHA, is Professor Emeritus at Deakin University, holds honorary positions at the University of Melbourne and Western Sydney University and was inaugural BHP Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eStranded Nation: White Australia in an Asian Region \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and \u003ci\u003eNot Dark Yet: A Personal History\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louise C. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047639314687,"sku":"9781760297084","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_120c4069-26ce-4c39-a9fe-2165df212846.jpg?v=1684991372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-story-of-australia-louise-c-johnson-9781760297084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}