Death or Liberty by Tony Moore
Reveals how the British Government of the 18th and 19th centuries banished to the end of the earth - Australia - political enemies viewed by authorities with the same alarm as today's 'terrorists': Jacobins, democrats and republicans, machine breakers, food rioters, trade unionists, and Chartists, Irish, Scots, Canadian and even American rebels.
Dr Tony Moore is a writer, historian and academic based in Melbourne. He has a PhD in Australian history from the University of Sydney and is a senior lecturer at and Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. Tony's career has spanned political activism, documentary making at the ABC, journalism and book publishing. He was commissioning editor of the 'Australian Encounters' book series for Cambridge University Press and has authored two books: The Barry McKenzie Movies, (2005) and Dancing with Empty Pockets (2012).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781741961409 |
| ISBN 10 | 1741961408 |
| Title | Death or Liberty |
| Author | Tony Moore |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Murdoch Books |
| Year published | 2010-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Awards - Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 (Australia) |
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