My Home in Tasmania 2 Volume Set: During a Residence of Nine Years (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania) - Softcover

Meredith, Louisa Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108020356 ISBN 13: 9781108020350

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Published in 1852, Louisa Meredith's two-volume work is an important document, both for the scope of its coverage and its significance in the history of women's non-fiction. It is also a valuable natural history work, with Meredith describing in great detail the flora and fauna of the island.

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Louisa Anne Meredith's account of her life in Tasmania was published in 1852. She was an experienced traveller, and this work is remarkable for being the first detailed account by a woman of life in the colony. Its shrewd observations and descriptive personal narrative make it an engaging read, as well as providing a valuable historical record. A keen botanist and artist, Meredith describes the island's natural life in great detail in beautiful and evocative passages. The first volume covers the journey to the island and her initial impressions of it and provides fascinating examples of colonial attitudes in the period. In Volume 2 she provides more anecdotes of her life, including descriptions of the animals and journeys within the island, and also covers more social issues, looking at religion and custom in the colony. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=merelo

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108020356
• ISBN 13: 9781108020350
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 583