Colonial Voices : A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940

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.