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100	1		_aWright, Ed, _d1968- _922505
245	1	0	_aGhost colonies : _bfailed utopias, forgotten exiles and abandoned outposts of empire / _cEd Wright.
260			_aMillers Point, N.S.W. : _bPier 9, _c2009.
300			_a319 p. : _bill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aLost and found in history.
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aBibliography: p. 314-315.
520			_aPart of Pier 9's Lost and Found in History series, Ghost Colonies brings to light the fascinating but rarely told stories of history's lost colonies. Unlike many of the colonial s̀uccess stories' from lands like America, Australia, Canada and South Africa, the ghost colonies were promised lands that failed entirely to live up to their promise. They failed through ignorance, naivety, disease, internal fighting, attacks by native peoples or by opposing powers - or simply because they were political pawns, callously abandoned by their imperial masters. There are many tales to startle and surprise, sadden and fascinate: Friedrich Nietzsche's sister's attempt to found a ̀racially pure' German Aryan colony in the jungles of Paraguay; or the alternative New England colony made up of vagabonds and fortune hunters who offended their pilgrim neighbours in Plymouth. This compelling mix of adventure, mystery, tragedy, exploration and discovery reveals a fascinating but largely forgotten area of history.
520			_aHistory.
650		0	_aColonies _xHistory. _922506
650		0	_aImperialism _xHistory. _922507
830		0	_aLost and found in history. _922508
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