| Description |
xvii, 313 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Types of migration -- 3. Hellenic values and national character -- 4. Hellenic connection with colonial Australia -- 5. The causes of Hellenic migration -- 6. Australia's immigration policy and Hellenic migration -- 7. Australian society's attitudes towards Hellenic settlement: the pre-Whitlam years -- 8. Whitlam and beyond -- 9. Social mobility and political behaviour of Greeks in Australia -- 10. Discussion and implications |
| Summary |
Transplanting the Agora explores the Greek experience in Australia. Starting with the first Greek migrants who arrived in the mid-nineteeth century, it outlines the reasons for migration, with particualr emphasis on the peak of Greek migration after World War II. It analyses the role of Australian immigration policies, and public attitudes towards Hellenes on their arrival. Yiannia Dimitreas acknowledges the difficulties faced by migrants in estalishing themselves in a new country and the effects of discrimination, showing how some groups have fared better than others. He explores Greek participation in the political movements which became the driving force of Australian multiculturalism, and the Greek contribution to the broader Australian community. Greek migrants brought with them well-established patterns of community life and powerful cultural traditions. Dimitreas argues that the cultural capital derived from Greece's historical and mythological past has been central in the development of an Hellenic-Australian identity. -- Back cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-308) and index |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration.
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Greeks -- Australia -- History.
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Greeks -- Australia -- Social life and customs.
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National characteristics, Australian.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504
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Greece http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80046090 -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907
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| LC no. |
99487910 |
| ISBN |
1864484306 |
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