In this Book
- The Road to Botany Bay: An Exploration of Landscape and History
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
summary
The Road to Botany Bay, first published in 1987 and considered a classic in the field of cultural and historical geography, examines the poetic constitution of colonial society. Through a far-reaching exploration of Australia’s mapping, narrative description, early urbanism, and bush mythology, Paul Carter exposes the mythopoetic mechanisms of empire. A powerfully written account of the ways in which language, history, and geography influenced the territorial theater of nineteenth-century imperialism, the book is also a call to think, write, and live differently.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction: A Cake of Portable Soup
- pp. xiii-29
- 1 An Outline of Names
- pp. 1-33
- 2 An Airy Barrier
- pp. 34-68
- 3 The Charm of Novelty
- pp. 69-98
- 4 Triangles of Life
- pp. 99-135
- 5 Debatable Land
- pp. 136-171
- 6 A Thorny Passage
- pp. 172-201
- 7 Elysiums for Gentlemen
- pp. 202-229
- 8 A More Pleasing Prospect
- pp. 230-260
- 9 Intimate Charm
- pp. 261-292
- 10 The Road to Botany Bay
- pp. 293-319
- 11 A Wandering State
- pp. 320-352
- About the Author
- p. 446
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816673759
Related ISBN(s)
9780816669974
MARC Record
OCLC
698116873
Pages
416
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No