In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to society. Original and compelling, Savage or Civilised? is the story of behaviour, respect and manners in colonial Australia.
- ISBN10 1742245463
- ISBN13 9781742245461
- Publish Date 21 June 2014 (first published 1 October 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint University of New South Wales
- Format eBook
- Pages 417
- Language English