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Автор: James John Stanley
Название: The Vagabond Papers - Expanded Edition
ISBN: 9781922235985
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
Классификация:

История Австралазии и Тихоокеании

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

ISBN-10: 1922235989
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 282
Вес: 0.51 кг.
Дата издания: 01.08.2016
Серия: History
Язык: English
Издание: Expanded ed
Иллюстрации: 50 b/w photos, cartoons & sketches
Размер: 155 x 235 x 16
Читательская аудитория: Postgraduate, research & scholarly
Ключевые слова: Australasian & Pacific history,Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Подзаголовок: Expanded edition
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Australian life has never had a chronicler quite like the Vagabond. Renowned as journalist and eminently unconventional character, he suffered extremes of poverty and prosperity. These enabled him to record first-hand experiences revealing the degradation of life in the festering slums of the Victorian era. They also enabled him to write convincingly about the emergence of a well-off middle class in the fast-developing colonies. The Vagabond repeatedly shocked newly respectable citizens with his lively reporting of scandalous situations - baby farming, harsh conditions in prisons and asylums, savage sporting events, the life of the demi-monde, and pathetic pauper funerals. This selection of the Vagabonds best work includes a lengthy introduction to the 1969 edition, which attempted to explain the mysteries of his origins and adventures, and the reasons he always used pseudonyms after fleeing from the USA to Australia. Additional material in this edition reveals for the first time the details of his earlier life in Virginia, USA. Here he married the widow of a rich planter, used her money to build a delightful Southern mansion, became a leading light in society, took control of the local bank, and absconded when things went wrong. The rascal managed to redeem himself with his unique work for Australian newspapers, where no-one realised his true identity. A further addition to this volume is a scholarly examination of the Vagabonds pioneering technique of immersion journalism, where the reporter becomes part of the story and gives his own observations and opinions. *** ...inherently fascinating, consistently compelling, exceptionally well written read from beginning to end. Very highly recommended, especially for community and academic library 19th Century Social History collections in general, and Victorian Social Issues supplemental studies reading lists in particular. --Midwest Book Review, MBR Bookwatch: January 2017 [Subject: History, Journalism, Media Studies, Australian Studies]

The Vagabond Papers - Expanded Edition, James John Stanley