The Paper War
Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales
$35.99
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2011
Summary
In February 1832, Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld was named as one of the ‘perpetual blisters’ that the London Missionary Society seemed ‘destined to carry’. Threlkeld, from a British working-class family, lobbied his way to NSW to set up the Lake Macquarie mission in colonial New South Wales. Once established, controversies, arguments, tempers and debates abounded, resulting in a very public ‘paper war’. This engaging and intelligent book delves into the diverse and voluminous body of texts produced by and about Threlkeld from 1825–41. The Paper War plots the formation of NSW as a modern colonial state and re-examines its morality, politics, Aboriginal relations, language, law and media.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921401541 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921401540 |
| Author: | Anna Johnston |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 426g |
Anna Johnston
Anna Johnston is Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow and Associate Professor in English at the University of Tasmania, Australia, and Co-Director of the University’s Centre for Colonialism and Its Aftermath. She has published widely in the field of empire and colonisation.
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