The Tao of shepherding / John Donnelly.
Explores the experiences of two Chinese bonded labourers in Australia prior to the goldrush years of the 1850s. As the pair are indentured to a squatter in the Riverina, they grapple with cultural dislocation between the British and the Aborigines in a new country. Their beliefs and spiritual philosophy of Taoism are questioned and reinforced.
Record details
- ISBN: 1740761103
- ISBN: 9781740761109
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Publisher: Canberra, A.C.T. : Pandanus, 2005.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; 1. THE SCHOLAR AND THE GAMBLER; 2. COOLIES; 3. THE DESCENT INTO HELL; 4. A NEW SCROLL; 5. SHEEP DREAMING. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Chinese fiction > Australia. National characteristics, American. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |