| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Cambridge EBA Collection
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Contents; Note to readers; Images; Acknowledgements; Introduction 'A Land Fit for Heroes': Implementing soldier settlement in Australia; Part 1: Managing the Men; 1 'When the Inspector Calls': The yeoman quest; 2 'Men on the Margins': Suspect soldiers ; 3 'I Intend to Get Justice': Moral economy ; Part 2: Battling the Land; 4 'Droughts and Flooding Rains': Markets and the seasons ; 5 'A Land only Fit for Rabbits': Environmental degradation; Part 3: Damaged Men; 6 'War Wrecked': Sending cripples to the country. |
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7 'From the Farm to the Asylum': Mad and 'nervy' menPart 4: Getting On; 8 'Taking on a Holding': Women and families on the land; 9 'Settling Down': Successful soldier settlers ; Notes; Select bibliography; Index; Plates. |
| Summary |
This book maps out the deeply personal history of the soldiers' struggle to transition from Anzac to farmer and provider. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Australia.
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Soldiers. |
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Australia. |
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Australasian & Pacific history. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism. |
| Indexed Term |
Australian |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Oppenheimer, Melanie, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107125063 1107125065 (OCoLC)946147244 |
| ISBN |
1316870294 (electronic book) |
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9781316870297 (electronic book) |
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9781316408766 (electronic book) |
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1316408760 (electronic book) |
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9781316870341 (electronic book) |
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1316870340 (electronic book) |
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9781316870198 |
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1316870197 |
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1107125065 |
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131687009X |
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9781107125063 |
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1316870049 |
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9781316870044 |
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1316870146 |
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9781316870143 |
| Standard No. |
YBP13217032 |
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