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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459818503321

Autore

Hirst J. B (John Bradley)

Titolo

Looking for Australia : historical essays / / John Hirst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : , : Black Inc., , 2010

ISBN

1-921866-54-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Disciplina

306.0994

Soggetti

Social history

Electronic books.

Australia Politics and government

Australia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Telling the History; Where Best to Look? The First XI Books; How Best to Write? Narrative or Theme; History for New Citizens; Convict Settlers; A Harsh Country; Diggers; Economy and Politics; Sport; Nation; Aboriginal People; National Character; Aborigines and the National Game; The Convict Legacy; Bushmen and Bushrangers; The Life and Work of Russel Ward; The Death of Henry Lawson; Political Life; Making Voting Secret; Making Voting Compulsory; Deeds of Courage; Labor's Part in Australian History: A Lament

Was Curtin the Best Prime Minister?A Nation of Immigrants; Managing Difference; More or Less Diverse?; A British Dependency; Empire, State and Nation; A Republican Manifesto; Publication Details; Index; Also by John Hirst ...

Sommario/riassunto

What are the qualities at the heart of Australian culture? How did they arise? What distinguishes us from other nations beyond a fondness for calling each other 'mate'? And what do such national quirks reveal about our society, our past and our attitudes towards it?Looking for Australia is a fascinating collection of essays by historian John Hirst. Together they form a multi-faceted portrait of Australia as a distinctive nation, with its own political culture, character and style, and particular ways of seeing itself.Among other subjects, Hirst considers the effects



of convict origins on natio

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451693203321

Autore

Deutsch Nancy L

Titolo

Pride in the projects [[electronic resource] ] : teens building identities in urban contexts / / Nancy L. Deutsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8147-2036-6

0-8147-8521-2

81-472-0366-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Qualitative studies in psychology

Disciplina

155.5/1825

Soggetti

Identity (Psychology) in adolescence - United States

Urban youth - United States - Psychology

Youth with social disabilities - United States - Psychology

Interpersonal relations - United States

After-school programs - United States

Electronic books.

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 (p. [245]-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"There are birds in the projects": understanding the ecology of adolescent development in urban America -- "I give people a lot of respect": the self in interpersonal relationships -- "I never thought kids would look up to someone like me": Lorenzo's story -- "I can't act ghetto in the ghetto no more": self, society, and social categories -- "I've never seen any dark-skinned girls in videos": Nicole's story -- "I can't lose to no girl, man": the gendered self -- "Manly, take charge, the head man, the king": John's story -- "If I never came here I'd be irresponsible, like a little kid": after-school programs as sites of development and identity construction.

Sommario/riassunto

Teens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-



school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience, or provide space for them to consider themselves as contributing members of a community. Based on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large Midwestern city, Pride in the Projects examines the construction of identity as it oc