Road to Botany Bay, The: An Essay in Spatial History

Carter, Paul
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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.

An account of how Australia originated in the acts of settlement, possession and dispossession by explorers who travelled, named and wrote. The author advances a notion of imperialism with relevance to other regions of the world.

First Edition.

Additional Information

AuthorCarter, Paul
Number of pages384
PublisherFaber and Faber
Year Published1987
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Very Good +

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