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Looking for Australia : historical essays / / John Hirst



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Autore: Hirst J. B (John Bradley) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Looking for Australia : historical essays / / John Hirst Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-921866-54-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910459818503321
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