Pocket History
Settlements of the Doomed
Published on 1. June 2011
240 pages
978-1-74266-461-3 (ISBN)
Description
Settlements of the Doomed is part of the Pocket History series - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of twelve books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. History they say is written by the winners. We read about the first settlers arriving in Sydney Cove with modern icon the Opera House in our minds. But the world is scattered with the remnants of other, forgotten settlements. Here in Settlements of the Doomed are twelve tales from the annals of history's many failures that have as much to tell us about human nature as anything that smacks of success.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Formosa the Vanquished
- 2 Mauritius the Abandoned
- 3 Fort Dauphin the Forsaken
- 4 St Augustine the Ravaged
- 5 Sullivan Bay the Renounced
- 6 Victoria the Wretched
- 7 The Confederate Catastrophe
- 8 Nueva Germania the Racially Pure
- 9 Sagallo the Surrendered
- 10 New Australia the Lost
- 11 Sointula the Insolvent
- 12 Jonestown the Apocalyptic
- Index
- Copyright
