About this title: In January 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women encountered the people who would be their new neighbors. Dancing with Strangers tells the story of what happened between the first British settlers of Australia and the people they found living there. Inga Clendinnen offers a fresh reading of the earliest written sources, the reports, letters, and journals of the first British settlers in Australia. It reconstructs the difficult path to friendship and conciliation pursued by Arthur Phillip and the local leader 'Bennelong' (Baneelon); and then ...
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: orig. wrappers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: (2005)
Description: 8pp photoplates. Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, 324, (8) pp, PAPERBACK. "In January 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women encountered the people who would be their new neighbors. Dancing with Strangers tells the story of what happened between the first British settlers of Australia and the people they found living there. Inga Clendinnen offers a fresh reading of the earliest written sources, the reports, letters, and journals of the first British ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Canongate., Edinburgh.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781841956169ISBN:1841956163
Description: Very Good. Very good. Cloth 8vo. Examines relations and culture conflict between the aborigines and the British colonists brought to New South Wales by the First Fleet in 1788. 322pp. Index, ref. 8 color plates. 1st ed. read more
Description: New. Dancing with Strangers tells the story of what happened between the first British settlers of Australia and the people they found living there. With a fresh reading of the earliest written sources of the first British settlers, it reconstructs the difficult path towards friendship; and then traces its painful destruction. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press., Cambridge.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780521616812ISBN:0521616816
Description: Very Good. Very good. Softbound 8vo. Examines relations and culture conflict between the aborigines and the British colonists brought to New South Wales by the First Fleet in 1788. 324pp. Index, ref. 8 color plates. 1st ed. * read more
Description: Good. 0521616816 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780521616812ISBN:0521616816
Description: In January 1788, the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales, Australia and a thousand British men and women encountered the people who would be their new neighbors. Dancing with Strangers tells the story of what happened between the first British set... read more
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