In search of Hobart / / Peter Timms

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780958903321
• Autore: Timms Peter <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, New South Wales : , : New South, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-74223-201-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 919.461
• Soggetti: Hobart (Tas.) Description and travel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-277).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Author's note; The fabric of the city; Further afield; As seen from afar; Buying and selling; The prison becomes a salon; Doberman or labrador; A succession of pasts; Nature within cooee; 'Cool off in Tasmania'; Bad behaviour; Keeping occupied; Sensory Hobart; Notes; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Peter Timms leads us on a journey through his adopted city of Hobart, Australia's smallest, most southerly, least prosperous, but arguably most beautiful state capital. He reveals a city in transition, shaking off its dark and troubled past to claim its special place in the contemporary world: 'going boutique, nice and slow', as one overseas visitor notes. From Hobart's convict legacy, its spectacular natural setting, heritage architecture and climate, to crime-rates, economic hardship and the recent disfigurements of the developers, Timms brings a wealth of fresh insights, exploring the city