The area claimed by the British Empire as Western Australia was
primarily colonized through two major thrusts: the development of the
Swan River Colony to the southwest in 1829, and the 1863 movement of
Australian born settlers to colonize the northwest region. The Western
Australian story is overwhelmingly the story of the spread of market
capitalism, a narrative which is at the foundation of modern western
world economy and culture. Due to the timing of settlement in Western
Australia there was a lack of older infrastructure patterns based on
industrial capitalism to evoke geographical inertia to modify and
deform the newer system in many ways making the systemic patterns
which grew out of market capitalist forces clearer and easier to
delineate than in older settlement areas. However, the struggle
between the forces of market capitalism, settlers and indigenous
Australians over space, labor, physical and economic resources and
power relationships are both unique to place and time and universal in
allowing an understanding of how such complicated regional,
interregional and global forces shape a settler society. Through an
examination of historical records, town layout and architecture,
landscape analysis, excavation data, and material culture analysis,
the author created a nuanced understanding of the social, economic,
and cultural developments that took place during this dynamic period
in Australian history. In examining this complex settlement history,
the author employed several different research methodologies in
parallel, to create a comprehensive understanding of the area. Her
research techniques will be invaluable to researchers struggling to
understand similarly complex sociocultural evolutions throughout the
globe.
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ISBN
9781441983183
Publisert
2018
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Springer
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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