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    French Connection
    French Connection
    Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions
    The French have long been part of the Australian story. From talented gold fields photographer Antoine Fauchery and infighting in the upper echelons of Melbourne society as to who should run Alliance Française to the Playoust family whose Australian-born sons enlisted with the French army in the First World War.<br/>French Connection paints an intricate portrait of the complex connections between the two nations. Alexis Bergantz provides a fascinating insight into how the idea of France influenced a new colony anxious to prove itself. Eager to demarcate themselves from Britain, many Australians saw France as a more cosmopolitan - and decadent - alternative to a stodgy Victorian world order. Ironically, many of the French in Australia were not exactly the crème de la crème and they too navigated a world of lofty dreams and ideas that were often a far cry from reality. But what exactly did Australian colonists see when they looked to France? How much did the French presence in the Pacific loom over such ideas? And what did the French in Australia themselves make of it all?<br/><br/>'Contributes significantly to our understanding of the making of Australia and of Australian mythology and history.' - Iain McCalman<br/>'French Connections provides a lively and well-researched study of the French in late nineteenth-century Australia - from escaped convicts to wealthy wool-buyers - and assesses how France perceived France and its South Pacific territories.' - Professor Robert Aldrich, University of Sydney<br/>'In French Connection, Alexis Bergantz transcends 'contribution' or 'ethnic' history in explaining how Frenchness in Australia was among the ingredients of an antipodean culture that has been more cosmopolitan for much longer than most imagine. This superb cultural history is as stylish as the images of France and Frenchness that it so brilliantly interrogates.' - Frank Bongiorno AM, Professor of History, The Australian National University
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    Book Author
    Alexis Bergantz
    Genre History
    Binding
    PERFECT BINDING (PAPERBACK)
    Format
    Large Print 16 Pt Edition (Standard Large Print)
    ISBN
    9780369369833
    Publisher
    UNSW Press
    Age Range
    General
    Approximate delivery

    Up to 20 business days (?)

    Publication Date
    24-Aug-2021

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