Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940 by Damousi, Joy - 2010

Cambridge University Press, 2010-06-17. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition/ XXXpp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Very lightly bumped spine head. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some light chipping to edges. 8vo.Explores the role of language in the greater civilising project of the British Empire and in doing so offers a pioneering contribution to cultural history and the history of English within the British Empire.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 316pp. Black and white illustrations. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (boards strong, clean, sharp and square). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (very slight bump along upper edges. Explores the role of language in the greater civilising project of the British Empire and in doing so offers a pioneering contribution to cultural history and the history of English in Australia.

Cambridge University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. A firm and square hardback with sharp corners and strong joints, complete with original dustjacket, just showing a few very minor rubs. Hence a non-text page has a small 'damaged' stamp. Despite such this book is actually in nearly new condition. Thus the contents are crisp, fresh and tight. Also, no pen-marks and not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Now offered for sale at a very sensible price.

Cambridge University Press. New in New dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521516315 . This specific paperback book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Colonial Voices explores the role of language in the greater 'civilising' project of the British Empire through the dissemination and reception of, and challenge to, British English in Australia during the period from the 1840s to the 1940s. This was a period in which the art of oratory, eloquence and elocution was of great importance in the empire and Joy Damousi offers an innovative study of the relationship between language and empire. She shows the ways in which this relationship moved from dependency to independence and how, during that transition, definitions of the meaning and place of oratory,… Read More

Cambridge University Press CUP , pp. ix + 315 . Hardback. Used.

Hardback. New. This innovative study of the relationship between language and empire explores the role of language in the greater 'civilising' project of the British Empire through the dissemination and reception of, and challenge to, British English in Australia during the period from the 1840s to the 1940s.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 2010. Hardcover. New. 315 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches.