Libros de Historia de los países de Oceanía y polos

Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. It relates the advance from penal colony to a prosperous free nation and illustrates how, as a nation created by waves of newcomers, the search for binding traditions was long frustrated by the feeling of rootlessness, until it came to terms with its origins. The third edition of this acclaimed book recounts the key factors - social, economic and political - that have shaped modern-day Australia. It covers the rise and fall of the Howard government, the 2007 election and the apology to the stolen generation. More than ever before, Australians draw on the past to understand their future.

Compañeros kiwis es un compendio de las historias extraordinarias protagonizadas por los voluntarios neozelandeses que participaron en la guerra civil española. Este libro es el primer intento de dejar constancia de la contribucion de Nueva Zelanda a una guerra en la que participaron voluntarios de mas de cincuenta paises. Entre estas historias se encuentra la de Doug Jolly (foto de cubierta), un cirujano nacido en la Isla Sur de Nueva Zelanda, que salvo la vida de miles de heridos y fue descrito en aquella epoca como ?el voluntario mas importante de la Commonwealth?. Muy poco se sabia de el hasta que Mark Derby, junto con un grupo de colaboradores, se lanzo a la tarea de recuperar su biografia, asi como las de otros voluntarios de su pais que decidieron tomar parte en un conflicto crucial que se desarrollaba en el otro extremo del mundo.

La Conquista de las Islas Malucas, considerada como una de las mejores obras historiográficas del Siglo de Oro español, se publicó por primera vez en 1609 y aún resulta de obligada lectura tanto para comprender las vicisitudes y trabajos que el comercio de la especieria impuso en la politica española en Extremo Oriente a lo largo del siglo XVI especialmente tras la anexion del imperio portugues, como para estudiar la historia de las Islas Filipinas, el enclave a partir del cual fue posible la efimera conquista del Maluco que estas paginas ilustran. El uso de documentos oficiales y de fuentes impresas le concedio un prestigio hasta entonces sin precedentes, convirtiendola en una obra de referencia para todos los historiadores que, tras su publicacion hace ya cuatro siglos, han abordado el estudio de esta parte del mundo. La presente edicion, en la que se ha modernizado la ortografia para facilitar su lectura al lector actual, incluye un extenso prologo de Gloria Cano, profesora e investigadora del Departamento de Humanidades de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona.

Part history, part travelogue, part memoir, this book tells the inspiring story of how a one time British colony of convicts turned itself into a prosperous and confident country. This book describes Australia''s journey through the eyes of ordinary people, from the trauma of the WW-I to the decline of the relationship with Britain, and more. Australia celebrates one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the inspiring story of how a one time British colony of convicts turned itself into a prosperous and confident country. Through the eyes of ordinary people, Phillip Knightly describes Australia''s journey, from federation and the trauma of the First World War, the desperate poverty of the Depression, with its attendant spectres of secret armies and near civil way, the threat of invasion in the Second World War and the imagination that followed it, and the slow but steady decline of the relationship with Britain, the ''Mother Country'' as Australia forged its own unique identity.

En este segundo libro de la serie "Crónicas de los últimos samurais", se narra la historia de los principales samurais del clan de Chóshü. El autor nos acerca de manera intimista a los ideales y aza

The true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues KEN FOLLETT Where did they come from How did they get there Why did they carve the island s colossal iconic statues and how What happened to the civilisation they created These are just a few of the questions about Easter Island or Rapa Nui that have puzzled generations Europeans first encountered the Islanders in the early eighteenth century bringing back astonishing tales from one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth They told fantastic stories of lost continents cannibalism giants and aliens Thor Heyerdahl claimed that the island was discovered by pale skinned sailors from South America ignoring the rightful claims of the greatest explorers the world has ever known Recently the idea that Islanders cut down all the trees causing mass starvation and social collapse has been espoused by scientists broadcasters and politicians Now in archaeologist Mike Pitts s superb investigation Island at the Edge of the World he provides authoritative new insights into what really happened Using the latest scientific and archaeological research plus a huge range of historical accounts Pitts builds a fascinating new portrait of the Islanders story In particular Pitts revives

The destruction and defiance that swirled around Australia s embrace of the world s nuclear order Though a nonnuclear state Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear energy programs of numerous global powers across the twentieth century From uranium extraction to nuclear testing Australia s lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of national development The continent was subject to rampant nuclear colonialism However this history is not just one of imposition Aboriginal communities bearing the brunt of these processes have persistently resisted reclaiming their rights to Country and demanding reparations As Jessica Urwin shows extraction weapons testing and nuclear waste disposal have caused incalculable physical spiritual and cultural harm to Aboriginal communities and lands Yet Indigenous peoples all over the world have not only survived nuclear colonialism but challenged it time and time again Tracking the colonial mechanisms Australia used to pursue a nuclear industry Urwin simultaneously highlights how Aboriginal peoples refused and reshaped those same mechanisms over time A groundbreaking book Contaminated Country reveals how Australia s deep nuclear past has been entangled with colonialism locally nati

The destruction and defiance that swirled around Australia s embrace of the world s nuclear order Though a nonnuclear state Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear energy programs of numerous global powers across the twentieth century From uranium extraction to nuclear testing Australia s lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of national development The continent was subject to rampant nuclear colonialism However this history is not just one of imposition Aboriginal communities bearing the brunt of these processes have persistently resisted reclaiming their rights to Country and demanding reparations As Jessica Urwin shows extraction weapons testing and nuclear waste disposal have caused incalculable physical spiritual and cultural harm to Aboriginal communities and lands Yet Indigenous peoples all over the world have not only survived nuclear colonialism but challenged it time and time again Tracking the colonial mechanisms Australia used to pursue a nuclear industry Urwin simultaneously highlights how Aboriginal peoples refused and reshaped those same mechanisms over time A groundbreaking book Contaminated Country reveals how Australia s deep nuclear past has been entangled with colonialism locally nati