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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782893303321

Autore

Richards Eric <1940-2018.>

Titolo

Destination Australia : 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 (xiii, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

994.0086912

Soggetti

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Australia

Australia Emigration and immigration History 20th century

Australia Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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

"This book charts the history of migration to Australia from the twentieth century to the present. Written by one of Australia's leading historians of immigration, the book explores three main themes: the maintenance of British White Australia through to 1947; the Europeanisation of immigration through to the 1970s; and, the dismantling of White Australia and the radical diversification of immigration that has continued to the present day. More than just a linear history, Richards uses the drama of real stories and experiences to illustrate broader arguments and places Australia's experience in the context of international migration patterns."--Provided by publisher