LEADER 03538pam a2200517 i 4500001 99110327393506421 005 20240509065131.0 008 180812t20182018nyua b 001 0beng c 010 2018030825 020 9781640140134 |q(hardcover : |qalk. paper) 020 1640140131 |q(hardcover : |qalk. paper) 035 (NjP)11032739-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11032739 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11032739 035 (OCoLC)on1035414247 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF 042 pcc 043 u-at---e-gx--- 050 00 DU115.2.L44 |bH87 2018 082 00 919.404/2092B |223 100 1 Hurley, Andrew Wright, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008081253 245 10 Ludwig Leichhardt's ghosts : |bthe strange career of a traveling myth / |cAndrew Wright Hurley. 264 1 Rochester, New York : |bCamden House, |c2018. 264 4 |c©2018 300 345 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-327) and index. 520 "After the renowned Prussian scientist and explorer Ludwig Leichhardt left the Australian frontier in 1848 on an expedition to cross the continent, he disappeared without a trace. Andrew Hurley's book complicates that view by undertaking an afterlife biography of 'the Humboldt of Australia.' Although Leichhardt's remains were never located, he has been sought and textually 'found' many times over, particularly in Australia and Germany. He remains a significant presence, a highly productive ghost who continues to 'haunt' culture. Leichhardt has been employed for all sorts of political purposes. In imperial Germany, he was a symbol of pure science, but also a bolster for colonialism. In the 20th century, he became a Nazi icon, a proto-socialist, the model for the protagonist of Nobel laureate Patrick White's famous novel Voss, as well as a harbinger of multiculturalism. He has also been put to use by Australian Indigenous cultures. Engaging Leichhardt's ghosts and those who have sought him yields a fascinating case study of German entanglement in British colonialism in Australia. It also shows how figures from the colonial past feature in German and Australian social memory and serve present-day purposes. In an abstract sense, this book uses Leichhardt to explore what happens when we maintain an open stance to the ghosts of the past"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Leichhardt, Ludwig, |d1813-1848. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50048317 600 17 Leichhardt, Ludwig, |d1813-1848. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00016527 650 0 Explorers |zAustralia |vBiography. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103443 650 0 Naturalists |zGermany |vBiography. 650 7 Explorers. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00918556 650 7 Naturalists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01034543 651 7 Australia. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204543 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 830 0 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 852 0 |bf |hDU115.2.L44 |iH87 2018 902 yj |bs |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20190122 904 yj |ba |hm |cb |e20190122 914 (OCoLC)on1035414247 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240508 |eprocessed |f1035414247