Nationalism and Federalism in Australia |
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Author:
| McMinn, W. G. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-553667-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1994 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Beginning with a discussion of the idea of the national state in Europe, this book aims to examine the growth of a sense of Australian nationality, the extent to which such a sense was expressed in the development of "self-government within the Empire" and "federation within the Empire," and the subsequent emergence of the idea of de facto and then de jure independence. The book argues that the development of Australian nationalism was slow and uneven in the nineteenth century, that...
More DescriptionBeginning with a discussion of the idea of the national state in Europe, this book aims to examine the growth of a sense of Australian nationality, the extent to which such a sense was expressed in the development of "self-government within the Empire" and "federation within the Empire," and the subsequent emergence of the idea of de facto and then de jure independence. The book argues that the development of Australian nationalism was slow and uneven in the nineteenth century, that its manifestations continued to be remarkably ambivalent in the first half of this century, and that even in recent decades such factors as a new consciousness of Aboriginal rights and "multiculturalism" may well be seen as making it something very different from the traditional nationalisms of Europe and the more recent manifestations of the idea in Asia.