| Main Title: |
Australia's colonial culture : ideas, men and institutions in mid-nineteenth century eastern Australia / by George Nadel ; with a foreword by C. Hartley Grattan. |
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| Author: |
Nadel, George.
Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980
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| Imprint: |
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1957. |
| Collation: |
xiii, 304 p. : ill., facsims., bib., index, hbk ; 22 cm. |
| Summary: |
Contents include: Literature in the colony: Bookselling p75. Private libraries p79. Public libraries p80. Societies p85. Popular literature p88. Condemnation of fiction p91. The Press: Periodicals p95. Newspapers p100. Literary trends p104. The mechanics' institute movement: The founding of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts p111. The progress of the movement: General history p125. The clergy, Hobart, Melbourne p129. The lecturers of Sydney p133. Professional men, phrenology p135. Failure: depression and prosperity p143. Lectures and debates p146. Social change: change in membership p152. The middle classes p154.. |
| Subject: |
Social life and customs
Culture and institutions
Mechanics' institutes
Religion and religious buildings
Education
Community libraries
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