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  • Exploring Australian National Identity

    Heroes, Memory and Politics

    af Jed Donoghue, Bruce Tranter ...
    Serier serie Emerald Points
    This book explores the attitudes and values of Australians, analysing how Australian national values are promoted and reflected by heroic figures (both living and dead) who are identified as important and influential.Who are the ‘heroes, saints and sages’ that exemplify the Australian national character? Who do Australians, as citizens of a settler society, nominate as their contemporary heroes? ... Læs mere

    432,88 kr.

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  • The Lucky Culture

    af Nick Cater ...
    A bold and provocative book about Australia's national identity and a plea to keep Australia's famed open-mindedness, Cater tracks the seismic changes in Australian culture and outlook since Donald Horne published THE LUCKY COUNTRY in 1964. 'A great book.' Rupert MurdochA bold and provocative book about Australia's national identity and how it is threatened by the rise of a ruling class. Nick ... Læs mere

    128,20 kr.

  • Damned Whores and God's Police

    af Anne Summers ...
    Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and elsewhere across society. It's hard to imagine an Australia where these abuses were not yet fully ... Læs mere

    52,12 kr.

  • A History of Australian Schooling

    af Craig Campbell, Helen Proctor ...
    At a time when schooling is more important than ever for families, and where there is great public concern about educational standards and outcomes, Craig Campbell and Helen Proctor show what is new and what is an echo of older agendas. They offer a comprehensive history of Australian schooling from colonial days to the present, highlighting the ways in which schooling has helped shape society ... Læs mere

    166,93 kr.

  • Turning Points

    Chapters in South Australian history

    Redigeret af Robert Foster, Paul Sendziuk ...
    How distinctive is South Australia after all? South Australia has often been represented as "different": free of convicts, more enlightened in its attitudes toward Aboriginal people, established on rational economic principles, and progressive in its social and political development. Some of this is true, some of it is not, but mostly the story is more complex. In this book, eminent historians ... Læs mere

    91,36 kr.

  • Broken Circles

    af Anna Haebich ...
    This major work reveals the dark heart of the history of the Stolen Generations in Australia. It shows that, from the earliest times of European colonization, Aboriginal Australians experienced the trauma of loss and separation, as their children were abducted, enslaved, institutionalized, and culturally remodeled. Providing a moving and comprehensive account of this tragic history, this study ... Læs mere

    96,18 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Turning Points in Australian History

    Redigeret af Martin Crotty, David Roberts ...
    'If only', 'what if' and 'why didn't we' are phrases that often come to mind when we look back to the past. This exciting and stimulating book looks back at turning points and crucial moments in Australian history. Rather than arguing that there have been forks on a pre-determined road, the book challenges us to think about other paths or better paths that might have led to different outcomes. It ... Læs mere

    78,24 kr.

  • Under the Influence

    A History of Alcohol in Australia

    af Prof. Ross Fitzgerald, Trevor Jordan ...
    A unique look at Australian history as seen through the perspective of the influence of alcoholIn reading UNDER tHE INFLUENCE, I have not only discovered that alcohol has been integral to major events in Australian history, I have also found - as will many other readers - that it has also been integral to major events in the history of my own family. It's intoxicating to read the story of our ... Læs mere

    144,24 kr.

  • A History of New Zealand Women

    af Barbara Brookes ...
    What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle’s definition of history as ‘the biography of great men’, and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country’s development from the points of view of wives, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and aunts? That considered their lives as distinct ... Læs mere

    75,27 kr.

  • Black, White and Exempt

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives under Exemption

    Redigeret af Lucinda Aberdeen, Jennifer Jones ...
    In 1957, Ella Simon of Purfleet mission near Taree, New South Wales, applied for and was granted a certificate of exemption. Exemption gave her legal freedoms denied to other Indigenous Australians at that time: she could travel freely, open a bank account, and live and work where she wanted. In the eyes of the law she became a non-Aboriginal, but in return she could not associate with other ... Læs mere

    130,42 kr.

  • The 1967 Referendum

    Race, Power and the Australian Constitution

    af Bain Attwood, Andrew Markus ...
    On 27 May 1967 an overwhelming majority of electors voted in a national referendum to amend clauses of the Australian Constitution concerning Aboriginal people. 27 May 2007 is the 40th anniversary of this landmark event. The referendum is commonly considered the turning point in Australian historical and cultural life. The historic moment when citizenship rights were granted — including the vote — ... Læs mere

    146,09 kr.

  • Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901

    af Tim Rowse ...
    As Australia became a nation in 1901, no-one anticipated that 'Aboriginal affairs' would become an on-going national preoccupation.Not 'dying out' as predicted, Aboriginal numbers recovered and – along with Torres Strait Islanders – they became an articulate presence, aggrieved at colonial authority's interventions into family life and continuing dispossession. Indigenous and Other Australians ... Læs mere

    78,24 kr.