{"title":"Charles Fahey","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection featuring the esteemed author Charles Fahey, a prominent figure in the realm of historical writing. Fahey has garnered acclaim for his meticulous research and engaging narratives, which illuminate various aspects of history and military themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his renowned works is \u003cem\u003eMallee Country\u003c\/em\u003e, a compelling exploration into the unique social and environmental history of the Mallee region in Australia. This book delves into the intricate relationship between people and the often harsh landscape, offering readers profound insights into the transformation of this distinctive area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Fahey's works are not only educational but also bring history to life with vivid storytelling and detailed analyses. Whether you're a history enthusiast or looking to broaden your understanding of specific historical epochs, Fahey's books provide a rich, rewarding experience. Dive into his collection to uncover the past through the eyes of an expert historian.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mallee-country-by-richard-broome-9781925523126","title":"Mallee Country","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMallee Country\u003c\/i\u003e tells the powerful history of mallee lands and people across southern Australia from Deep Time to the present. Carefully shaped and managed by Aboriginal people for over 50,000 years, mallee country was dramatically transformed by settlers, first with sheep and rabbits, then by flattening and burning the mallee to make way for wheat. Government-backed settlement schemes devastated lives and country, but some farmers learnt how to survive the droughts, dust storms, mice, locusts, and salinity as well as the vagaries of international markets to become some of Australia's most resilient agriculturalists. In mallee country, innovation and tenacity have been neighbours to hardship and failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMallee Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of how land and people shape each other. It is the story of how a landscape once derided by settlers as a 'howling wilderness' covered in 'dismal scrub' became home to citizens who delighted in mallee fauna and flora, and fought to conserve it for future generations. And it is the story of the dreams, sweat, and sorrows of people who face an uncertain future of depopulation and climate change with creativity and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'...a rich compendium that exposes the roots of many callous policies that continue state-sanctioned assaults on people and ecosystems. As tales of mass fish death, of drought-relief packages, and of billions of dollars allocated to dams and pipelines inundate the news, \u003ci\u003eMallee Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a sobering reminder that we've seen it before. What is different now is the scale and urgency of the problems. \u003ci\u003eMallee Country\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent environmental history for these troubled times. As the authors forewarn, the super-imposition of rapid climate change will bring longer-term and wider-reaching consequences to the Mallee... \u003ci\u003eMallee Country\u003c\/i\u003e can be read as a history for the future; a warning of what happens when we forget to remember.' - Lilian Pearce, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000679317740,"sku":"9781925523126","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15556593482873.jpg?v=1763295954"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/charles-fahey.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}