{"product_id":"waves-of-plenty-by-mark-cully-9781760645410","title":"Waves of Plenty","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaves of Plenty\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive story of how immigration made Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany Australians can trace family journeys to new lives in Australia. In this landmark work, Mark Cully tells the full story of immigration to Australia, from pre-colonial origins through colonisation, the gold rush, the post-war immigration boom, the end of the White Australia policy, and the modern policy of temporary migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRigorously researched, the book dismantles persistent myths, gives human faces to statistics, and maps the forces that transformed a distant colony into one of the world's most diverse societies. He traces how immigration has changed Australia, making it bigger, younger, diverse, less provincial, and more powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where Australia came from, the fraught politics of immigration, and lessons for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754377265388,"sku":"9781760645410","price":48.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760645410-waves-of-plenty.jpg?v=1781662955","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/waves-of-plenty-by-mark-cully-9781760645410","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}