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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454380703321

Autore

Richards Eric <1940->

Titolo

Destination Australia [[electronic resource] ] : migration to Australia since 1901 / / Eric Richards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : University of New South Wales Press

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

ISBN

1-74223-050-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Disciplina

994.0086912

Soggetti

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Emigration and immigration History 20th century

Australia Emigration and immigration Government policy

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. 392-423) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 The new century: 1900 and 2000; 2 The slow awakening: 1900-14; 3 Migrants and the Great War: 1914-18; 4 White British Australia resuscitated: the 1920's; 5 Malaise, recrimination and demographic pessimism: the 1930's; 6 Race, refugees, war and the future: 1939-45; 7 Arthur Calwell and the new Australia: 1945-51; 8 The great diversification: the 1950's and 1960's; 9 White Australia dismantled: the 1970's; 10 The end of the heroic days: the 1980's; 11 Whither immigrant Australia?; 12 The new century; 13 Retrospect; Statistics; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 1901 most Australians were loyal, white subjects of the British Empire with direct connections to Britain. Within a hundred years, following an unparalleled immigration program, its population was one of the most diverse on earth. No other country has achieved such radical social and demographic change in so short a time. Destination Australia tells the story of this extraordinary transformation. Against the odds, this change has caused minimal social disruption and tension. While immigration has generated some political and social anxieties, Australia has maintained a stable democracy and