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Autore |
Proudfoot L. J (Lindsay J.) |
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Titolo |
Imperial spaces [[electronic resource] ] : placing the Irish and Scots in colonial Australia / / Lindsay Proudfoot and Dianne Hall |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-78170-289-6 |
1-84779-451-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Irish - Australia - History |
Scots - Australia - History |
Immigrants - Australia - History |
Imperialism - History |
Electronic books. |
Victoria Ethnic relations |
New South Wales Ethnic relations |
Australia History 1788-1900 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. Introduction; 2. (Re)presenting empire; 3. Place and diaspora; 4. Dislocations?; 5. Relocations: land, legislation and memory; 6. Pastoral places; 7. Urban enactments; 8. Sites of faith and memory; 9. Conclusion; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Imperial spaces takes two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire - the Irish and the Scots - and explores how they imagined themselves within the landscapes of its farthest reaches, the Australian colonies of Victoria and New South Wales. Using letters and diaries as well as records of collective activities such as committee meetings, parades and dinners, the book examines how the Irish and Scots built new identities as settlers in the unknown spaces of Empire. Utilizing critical geographical theories of 'place' as |
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