Description: Transnational Ties by Desley Deacon, Penny Russell, Angela Woollacott In Transnational Ties: Australian Lives in the World, an eclectic mix of scholars—historians, literary critics, and museologists—trace the flow of people that helped shape Australias distinctive character and the flow of ideas that connected Australians to a global community of thought. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Australian lives are intricately enmeshed with the world, bound by ties of allegiance and affinity, intellect and imagination. In Transnational Ties: Australian Lives in the World, an eclectic mix of scholars—historians, literary critics, and museologists—trace the flow of people that helped shape Australias distinctive character and the flow of ideas that connected Australians to a global community of thought. It shows how biography, and the study of life stories, can contribute greatly to our understanding of such patterns of connection and explores how transnationalism can test biographys limits as an intellectual, professional and commercial practice. Table of Contents The Old Commodore: a transnational lifeBiography and global history: reflections on examining colonial governance through the life of Edward EyreA fine type of Hindoo meets the Australian type: British Indians in Australia and diverse masculinitiesA British prince and a transnational life: Alfred, Duke of Edinburghs visit to Australia, 1867—68Enacting the international: R. G. Watt and the League of Nations UnionLove, loss and going Home: the intimate lives of Victorian settlersA journey of love: Agnes Breuers sojourn in 1930s ChinaLife stories, family relations and the lens of migration: postwar British emigration and the new mobilityIm not a good mother: gender expectations and tensions in a migrant womans life storyFirst love and Italian postwar migration storiesThe Pacific as rhizome: the case of Sir Henry Alexander Wickham, planter, and his transnational plantsA transnational imagination: Alfred Deakins reading listsFrom cosmopolitan romance to transnational fiction: re-reading Jean Devannys Australian novelsParis and beyond: the transnational/national in the writing of Christina Stead and Eleanor DarkAustralian immersion narratives: memoirs of contemporary language travelAmerica and the queer diaspora: the case of artist David McDiarmidLiving in a material world: object biography and transnational lives Details ISBN1921536209 Year 2008 ISBN-10 1921536209 ISBN-13 9781921536205 Format Paperback Subtitle Australian Lives in the World Country of Publication Australia Edited by Penny Russell Birth 1955 DEWEY 306.40994 Place of Publication Canberra Publisher ANU Press Imprint ANU Press Short Title Transnational Ties Language English Media Book Series ANU Lives Series in Biography Publication Date 2008-12-01 AU Release Date 2008-12-01 NZ Release Date 2008-12-01 Author Angela Woollacott Alternative 9781921536212 Audience Undergraduate Illustrations 1 Bibliography; 1 Index; 41 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141899724;
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