{"product_id":"french-connection-australias-cosmopolitan-ambitions","title":"French Connection: Australia's Cosmopolitan Ambitions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe French have been integral to the Australian story since European colonisation. Escaped convicts from New Caledonia, wool buyers from Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing, gold-diggers, artisans, teachers and café owners, they were not always the crème de la crème.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench Connection provides a fascinating insight into how the culture of Frenchness influenced a new nation anxious to prove itself to the world. What did Australian colonists see when they looked to France? How much did the French presence in the Pacific loom over such ideas? And what did the French in Australia themselves make of it all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexis Bergantz uncovers the little known and often surprising history of the French in nineteenth-century Australia and their role in creating a more connected and cosmopolitan nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexis Bergantz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47243080859817,"sku":"9781742237091","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781742237091.jpg?v=1783226143","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/french-connection-australias-cosmopolitan-ambitions","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}