Australia : a cultural history /

John Rickard's "Australia : a cultural history," first published in 1988, is still the only short history of Australia from a cultural perspective. It has also acquired a unique reputation as an introduction to the development of Australian society and was listed by the historian and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rickard, John, 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2017]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Australian history.
Subjects:
History.
History
Histoire.
history (discipline)
Australasian and Pacific history.
Humanities.
Regional and national history.
HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand.
Civilization
Social conditions
Australia > History.
Australia > Civilization.
Australia > Social conditions.
Australie > Histoire.
Australie > Civilisation.
Australie > Conditions sociales.
Australia
Australian culture
Australian history
Australian society
Contemporary Australia
Indigenous Australians
Online Access:Texto completo
Texto completo
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.

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