Tasmania’s Convicts: How Felons Built a Free Society by Alison Alexander

Author: Alison Alexander
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Year: 2010
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 318 pages, plus 16 pages of plates
ISBN: 9781742372051
Language: English
Type of Book: Australian History, Tasmanian History, Convict History, Colonial History

Tasmania’s Convicts: How Felons Built a Free Society by Alison Alexander offers a compelling account of Tasmania’s convict past and the role transported men and women played in shaping colonial society. Rather than treating convicts only as criminals or victims, Alexander explores how former felons became workers, settlers, families and community members within a developing free society.

Published by Allen & Unwin in 2010, this hardcover edition includes illustrations, a map, portraits, bibliographical references and an index. It is a valuable title for readers interested in Australian convict history, Van Diemen’s Land, penal colonies, Tasmanian social history and the early colonial period.

Condition
Used, very good. Small tear to the dust jacket at the back. Internally near fine.

Why You’ll Love It
A well-researched and readable Australian history title, ideal for collectors of convict history, Tasmanian history, colonial studies and genealogy-related social history.