History of China - The early republican period: During the first half of the 20th century, the old order in China gradually disintegrated, and turbulent preparations were made for a new society. Foreign political philosophies undermined the traditional g
Queensland is a state in northeastern Australia, which is the wettest and most tropical part of the continent. The second largest of Australia’s states, Queensland occupies nearly one-fourth of the continent. The capital is Brisbane, on the state’s sou
significance, Australia's current major trading partners include the United States, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, and New Zealand. Australia is one of the world's largest exporters of wool, meat, and wheat and a major supplier of sugar, dairy products, fruits, cotton, ...
The decline of the American South's cotton and sugar industries paved the way for plantations in British-controlled Fiji and Australia, where victims of "blackbirding" endured horrific working conditions December 5, 2024 The Ten Best History Books of 2024 Our favorite titles of the year resurrect...
Cotton may be the only woman photographer Miles selected for this chapter, but, as the author observes, the photograms she produced are among the most impressive from this period not just because they 'hover excitingly between abstract geometrical tracery and the echo of objects' but also ...
Allu Arjun and Sukumar‘s masterpiece is on its way to becoming the biggest Indian film. Amid other milestones, it has now clocked the second-best opening weekend in Australia. Unfortunately, it couldn’t achieve the #1 spot. Scroll below for the latest box office analysis.Pushpa 2: The ...
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES [1952-1957] (Cohen A260) (Woods A138) Churchills last great work was published nearly twenty years after its first draft was penned in the late 1930s, just after Churchill had wrapped up Marlborough. This enabled him to utilize the literary team he...
‘Work, Leisure and the Political Economy of the Cotton Districts between the Wars’, Textile History, 18.1 (Spring), pp. 31–42. Article Google Scholar Kirk, N., 2011. The Politics of Empire Britain and Australia 1900 to the Present (Manchester University Press, Manchester). Google ...
E. A. Budge’sThe Book of the Dead Don’t let the occultism of the examples put you off. After all, the earliest forays into movable books occurred in alchemical and Kabbalistic tomes. As Kiesel, also a book maker, points out:
from the other side of the world. Scottish, or Caledonian Societies sprang up across Victoria as a way of connecting with people. They were an important part of community-building. From our Caledonian Societies, we get one of our earliest references to Halloween being celebrated in Australia. ...