Nationalism and Federalism in Australia

Name: Nationalism and Federalism in Australia
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ISBN: 9780195536676

ISBN-10: 0195536673

ISBN-13: 9780195536676

Edition: 1994

Authors: W. G. McMinn

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Beginning with a discussion of the idea of the national state in Europethe book aims to examine the growth of a sense of Australian nationality, theextent to which such a sense was expressed in the development of'self-government within the Empire' and 'federation within the Empire', and thesubsequent emergence of the idea of de facto and then de jure indpendence.While it treats the constitutional details, including the most recentdevelopments, thoroughly, it aims to put these in the widest possible context,examining such things as the alienation of the early convict settlers, racialattitudes and conflicts, 'nationalist culture', immigration policy and theeffects of immigration, attitudes to…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.52" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Introduction



A Sour Ferment?



Centrifugal Forces



The Idea of Federation



Felonry and Federalism



Co-operation, Conflict and the Federal Council Idea



The Federal Council of Australasia



Nationalism and White Australia



The Parkes Initiative



A Popular Movement?



Hard Bargaining



A Continent United?



Building a Nation?



The Commonwealth at War



Dominion Status



The Growth of Central Power



A Federation in a Changing World



Beyond Independence


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Index