Looking for Australia : historical essays / / John Hirst
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| Autore: |
Hirst John (John Bradley), <1942-2016, >
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| Titolo: |
Looking for Australia : historical essays / / John Hirst
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| Pubblicazione: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : , : Black Inc., , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.0994 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social history |
| Soggetto geografico: | Australia Politics and government |
| Australia Social conditions | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Looking for Australia |
| ISBN: | 1-921866-54-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810324303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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