Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 623 g
Reihe: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series
Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 623 g
Reihe: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series
ISBN: 978-0-19-956373-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Major new collaborative account of Australia's imperial experience
Brings together political, cultural, and aboriginal understandings of the period for the first time
This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself.
The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues-ranging from the disinheritance of the Aborigines to the foundations of a new democratic state. The overriding theme is the distinctive Australian perspective on empire. The country's adherence to imperial ideals and aspirations involved not merely the building of a 'new Britannia' but also the forging of a distinctive new culture and society. It was Australian interests and aspirations which ultimately shaped 'Australia's Empire'.
While modern Australians have often played down the significance of their British imperial past, the contributors to this book argue that the legacies of empire continue to influence the temper and texture of Australian society today.
Zielgruppe
Readers interested in the British Empire; students and scholars of Australian and imperial history.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
Weitere Infos & Material
Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward: Introduction: What Became of Australia's Empire?
Part I Contact: The projection of empire
1: Hobbles Danaiyarri: The Saga of Captain Cook
2: Alan Atkinson: Conquest
3: Richard Waterhouse: Settling the Land
4: Ann Curthoys: Indigenous Subjects
5: Anne Gray: New Visions from Old: Art and the Environment
Part II Dynamics: The instruments of empire
6: John Hirst: Empire, State, Nation
7: Eric Richards: Migrations: The Career of White British Australia
8: Hilary M. Carey: Religion and Society
9: Geoffrey Bolton: Money: Trade, Investment and Economic Nationalism
10: Stuart Ward: Security: Defending Australia's Empire
Part III Cultures: An imagined empire
11: Mark McKenna: Monarchy: From Reverence to Indifference
12: Joy Damousi: War and Commemoration: The Responsibility of Empire
13: Angela Woollacott: Gender and Sexuality
14: Richard White and Hsu-Ming Teo: Popular Culture
15: Neville Meaney: In History's Page: Identity and Myth
Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward: Epilogue: After Empire
