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  • A Socio-Cultural History of the Violin in Australia

    Identity, Resilience, and Colonial Legacy

    by Laura Case ...
    This book presents a social history of the violin in Australia from 1788 to 1914, exploring its pivotal role in colonial society and influence on local music-making and culture. It provides scholars with new insights into how musical instruments like the violin were used to navigate and express social boundaries within a colonial framework.Initially introduced by British settlers, the violin ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

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  • Australian Classics

    50 great writers and their celebrated works

    by Jane Gleeson-White ...
    What are the classic works of Australian literature? And what can they tell us about ourselves and the land we live in? Providing a selected overview of Australia's greatest literature, Australian Classics is an accessible companion to our literature and a story of writing in Australia from the nineteenth century to the present.Australian Classics celebrates many of the country's beloved novels, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Australia's Writers and Poets: The story of our rich literary heritage

    by John Miller ...
    From the iconic poems of Bonjo Paterson to todays international bestsellers by Peter Carey and Bryce Courtenay, Australian literature has reflected the changes in Australias national development until today it stands proudly on the world stage. At the same time, indigenous writing has come into its own, with authors such as Oodgeroo Noonuccol giving a powerful voice to the Aboriginal experience. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • An Unrecognized Contribution

    Women and Their Work in 19th-Century Toronto

    by Elizabeth Gillan Muir ...
    A treasure trove of incredible lives lived.— RICK MERCER, comedian and authorMuir sets out to restore the faces of women who worked and struggled in nineteenth-century Toronto. A fascinating read.— WARREN CLEMENTS, author and publisherEmphasizes the enormously influential role women had in laying the groundwork for life in the city today.— DR. ROSE A. DYSON, author of Mind Abuse: Media Violence ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • A Coveted Possession

    The Rise and Fall of the Piano in Australia

    by Michael Atherton ...
    What has lived with us, entertained us, travelled with us and symbolised Australian aspirations, only to end up gathering dust or even at the tip? It’s not the car, or the washing machine, or the sewing machine . . . it’s the piano!The intriguing cultural history of the piano in AustraliaFrom the instruments that floated ashore at Sydney Cove in the late eighteenth century to the resurrection of ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Unearthing Family Tree Mysteries

    by Ruth A. Symes ...
    A historian and genealogical expert reveals not only how to identify your ancestors, but to understand them and tell their stories.The intriguing characters in these real family history mysteries include an agricultural laborer who left secrets behind in Somerset when he migrated to Manchester, a working-class woman who bafflingly lost ten of her fourteen children in infancy, a miner who ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women Mean Business

    Colonial businesswomen in New Zealand

    by Catherine Bishop ...
    "From Kaitaia in Northland to Oban on Stewart Island, New Zealand's nineteenth-century towns were full of entrepreneurial women. Contrary to what we might expect, colonial women were not only wives and mothers or domestic servants. A surprising number ran their own businesses, supporting themselves and their families, sometimes in productive partnership with husbands, but in other cases ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Victorians

    Hidden in History

    by Keshia N. Abraham, John Woolf ...
    Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, populated by people of colour marking achievements both ordinary and extraordinary.In this deeply researched and dynamic history, Woolf and Abraham reach into the archives to recentre our attention on marginalised Black Victorians, from leading medic George ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors

    by Dwight A. Radford, Kyle J. Betit ...
    Discover your roots!Everything you need to start your Irish ancestry is in this book. You'll learn how to investigate the various generation of your family, the events that shaped their lives, the details about how they lived, and the story of their emigration.Inside you'll find:• Guidelines for determining an Irish ancestor's place of origin• Advice for accessing Irish cemetery, land, church, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Newfoundland Rhapsody

    Frederick R. Emerson and the Musical Culture of the Island

    by Glenn Colton ...
    Frederick Rennie Emerson (1895-1972) was a dynamic presence in the cultural and intellectual life of Newfoundland and Labrador for much of the twentieth century. A musician, lawyer, educator, and folklore enthusiast, Emerson was a central figure in the preservation and mediation of Newfoundland culture in the tumultuous decades prior to and following Confederation with Canada in 1949.Glenn Colton ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Letters of Charles Harpur and his Circle

    by Paul Eggert, Chris Vening ...
    This is the first collection in print of the letters of Australian colonial poet Charles Harpur (1813–68) and his circle. Supported by extensive annotation newly prepared for this edition, the 200 letters and life-documents open up successive phases of colonial culture from the 1830s to the 1860s in a newly focused way. Harpur’s two-way correspondence with poet Henry Kendall, and with poet and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Calling the Shots

    Aboriginal Photographies

    by Jane Lydon ...
    Historically, photographs of Indigenous Australians were produced in unequal and exploitative circumstances. Today, however, such images represent a rich cultural heritage for descendants, who see them in distinctive and positive ways. Calling the shots brings together researchers who are using this rich archive to explore Aboriginal history, to identify relatives, and to reclaim culture. It ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD