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Bezig met laden... Australia's Empire (2008)door Deryck M. Schreuder (Redacteur), Stuart Ward (Redacteur)
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In the end both Australia’s Empire and Canada and the British Empire contain many thoughtful contributions. Their best essays are excellent. Yet collectively they struggle to fulfil their goal of restoring empire to its rightful place in Australian and Canadian history. Finally, since the idea of white Australia was primal throughout the British period, Schreuder and Ward comment that there is a real problem in disentangling the defining characteristics of the "old Australia" from its sustaining race-based assumptions. So perhaps India had it relatively easy. Once decolonisation occurred, the country could face its future unambiguously. Daily we are witnessing the result. The process is more complex for an old dominion; we are not even in the habit of seeing ourselves as a successor state. Until we do, there will always be a lack of urgency about the challenges before us. The flag described by Jerry Seinfeld as "Britain by night" still flies over what, to onlookers, can seem little more than a lifestyle. Onderdeel van de reeks(en)
"The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues - ranging from the disinheritance of the Aborigines to the foundations of a new democratic state. The overriding theme is the distinctive Australian perspective on empire. The country's adherence to imperial ideals and aspirations involved not merely the building of a 'new Britannia' but also the forging of a distinctive new culture and society. It was Australian interests and aspirations which ultimately shaped 'Australia's Empire'."--BOOK JACKET. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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