The Artificial Horizon
Imagining the Blue Mountains
$78.80
- Paperback
340 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2004
Summary
A beautifully crafted book about the myths that constitute the meanings of the Blue Mountains,Martin Thomas takes the reader on a journey through a compelling study of culture, landscape and mythology. For both Aboriginal people and their colonisers, the rugged landscape of the Blue Mountains has stood as an intriguing riddle and a stimulus to the imagination. The author evokes this dramatic and bewildering landscape and leads his readers through the cultural history of the locality in order…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522851519 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522851517 |
| Author: | Martin Thomas |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 340 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 660g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 177mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Martin Thomas
Formerly a research fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney, Martin Thomas is now a postdoctoral fellow in the History Department at the University of Sydney. He has worked as a writer, editor, and a radio producer. Martin lives in the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba with his partner and their son.
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