{"product_id":"9781921825392","title":"Van Diemen's Land","description":"\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2009 Tasmania Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2008 Colin Roderick Award\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen’s Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this book, James Boyce shows how the convicts were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns, dressing in kangaroo skin and living off the land. Behind the official attempt to create a Little England was another story of adaptation, in which the poor, the exiled and the criminal made a new home in a strange land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is their story, the story of Van Diemen’s Land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShortlisted in the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the 2008 Age Book of the Year Awards, the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards and the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people.’ —Tim Flannery \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘The most significant colonial history since \u003ci\u003eThe Fatal Shore\u003c\/i\u003e. In re-imagining Australia's past, it invents a new future.’ —Richard Flanagan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Like the best history, \u003ci\u003eVan Diemen's Land\u003c\/i\u003e is not an artfully constructed narrative with the (inevitably inadequate) evidence banished to endnotes, but a dialogue between historian and reader as they explore the fragile sources, and the silences, together.’ —Inga Clendinnen \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘The publication of \u003ci\u003eVan Diemen's Land\u003c\/i\u003e signals an entirely fresh approach to Australian history-writing … This is a brilliant publication.’ —Alan Atkinson \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A fresh and sparkling account.’ —Henry Reynolds \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e James Boyce is the multiple award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBorn Bad, 1835\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVan Diemen’s Land\u003c\/i\u003e. He has a PhD from the University of Tasmania, where he is an honorary research associate of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies.","brand":"Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182277935344,"sku":"9781921825392","price":19.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921825392_p0.jpg?v=1763631944","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921825392","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}