| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
The Oxford history of the British Empire |
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Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: What became of Australia's empire? / Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward -- The saga of Captain Cook / Hobbles Danaiyarri -- Conquest / Alan Atkinson -- Settling the land : the making of rural Australia / Richard Waterhouse -- Indigenous subjects / Ann Curthoys -- Art and the environment : new visions from old / Anne Gray -- Empire, state, nation / John Hirst -- Migrations : the career of White British Australia / Eric Richards -- Religion and identity / Hilary M. Carey -- Money : trade, investment, and Australian nationalism / Geoffrey Bolton -- Security : defending Australia's empire / Stuart Ward -- Monarchy : from reverence to indifference / Mark McKenna -- War and commemoration : 'the responsibility of empire' / Joy Damousi -- Gender and sexuality / Angela Woollacott -- Popular culture / Richard White and Hsu-Ming Teo -- 'In history's page' : identity and myth / Neville Meaney -- Epilogue: After empire / Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward |
| Summary |
'Australia's Empire' is a collaborative evaluation of Australia's imperial experience in more than a generation. Bringing together poltical, cultural, and aboriginal understandings of the past, it argues that the legacies of empire continue to influence the fabric of modern Australian society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
National characteristics, Australian.
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Nationalism -- Australia -- History
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Colonial influence
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National characteristics, Australian
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Nationalism
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
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Australia -- Colonial influence
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| Subject |
Australia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schreuder, D. M. (Deryck Marshall)
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Ward, Stuart
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| ISBN |
9780191701894 |
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0191701890 |
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