Australia a cultural history

Australia: A Cultural History, first published in 1988, is still the only short history of Australia from a cultural perspective. It has acquired a unique reputation as an introduction to the development of Australian society and was listed by the historian and public intellectual John Hirst in his...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rickard, John, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Clayton, Victoria, Australia Monash University Publishing 2017
Clayton, Victoria : 2017.
Edition:Third edition
Series:Australian History
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428865906719
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Sources
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Immigrants
  • Part 2. Interactions : 1788-1901
  • The environment
  • Society
  • Part 3. The culture: 1901-1939
  • Loyalties
  • Political institutions
  • Relationships and pursuits
  • Part 4. The culture questioned: 1939-2016
  • Dependence 1939-1988
  • Diversity 1939-1988
  • Vision
  • The view from the twenty-first century.