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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Auteur principal : Rickard John (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Australia : a cultural history / John Rickard
Édition : 3rd édition
Publié : Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing , [2017]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-306 p.)
Collection : Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
Contenu : 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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