| ISBN |
9780199273737 (hbk.) |
| 0199273731 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Australia's empire / [edited by] Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward. |
| Published |
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008 |
| Description |
xiii, 419 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 |
Summary: "The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues - ranging from the disinheritance of the Aborigines to the foundations of a new democratic state. The overriding theme is the distinctive Australian perspective on empire. The country's adherence to imperial ideals and aspirations involved not merely the building of a 'new Britannia' but also the forging of a distinctive new culture and society. It was Australian interests and aspirations which ultimately shaped 'Australia's Empire'."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subjects |
National characteristics, Australian |
| Nationalism -- Australia -- History |
| Imperialism -- History |
| Australia -- History |
| Australia -- Foreign relations |
| Australia -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain |
| Great Britain -- Foreign relations |
| Great Britain -- Colonies -- Oceania |
| Other Names |
Schreuder, D. M. (Deryck Marshall) |
| Ward, Stuart |
| Series |
Oxford history of the British Empire companion series |
| Web Link |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007048014.html |
| Internet Site |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007048014.html |
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