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Australia and the British Embrace : The Demise of the Imperial Ideal by Stuart Ward (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Publishing
ISBN-100522849997
ISBN-139780522849998
eBay Product ID (ePID)2186974
Product Key Features
Number of Pages316 Pages
Publication NameAustralia and the British Embrace : the Demise of the Imperial Ideal
LanguageEnglish
SubjectWorld / Australian & Oceanian, General, International Relations / General, Australia & New Zealand
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
AuthorStuart Ward
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2002-327735
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Ward successfully challenges recent writing which has tended to antedate Australia's rejection of the ties of Empire and Britishness . . . Expertly applying material from the archives of both countries, Stuart Ward has written a fine book, as important to British readers as to Australians." -- Times Literary Supplement, "A stunning and challenging contribution to the core question of Australian historiography." -- Australian Book Review, "A stunning and challenging contribution to the core question of Australian historiography." - Australian Book Review, "Ward successfully challenges recent writing which has tended to antedate Australia's rejection of the ties of Empire and Britishness . . . Expertly applying material from the archives of both countries, Stuart Ward has written a fine book, as important to British readers as to Australians." - Times Literary Supplement
Dewey Decimal327.94041
SynopsisThis title offers an interpretation on the demise of the traditional poltical, economic and sentimental ties between Australia and Great Britain. It argues that that the steady waining of British race patriotism in Australia did not occur because of assertive Australian cultural nationalism, as is often suggested. Rather it was a reaction to the UK's determination to carve out a new political and economic future as a member of the European Community., Paperback edition of a book first published in 2001. An interpretation of the demise of the traditional ties between Australia and Great Britain during the 1960s. Until a generation ago 'Britishness' lay at the heart of Australian political culture. This text gives a viewpoint of how the idea of Britishness lost its meaning for Australians and their political institutions. Argues that the transformation was due not to the traditional view of Australia's growing nationalism, but rather to Britain's move away from 'Empire' towards the European Economic Community. Includes notes, bibliography and index. Author is a lecturer in history at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College, London, and at the University of Southern Denmark. He previously wrote 'Courting the Common Market' and 'British Culture at the End of Empire'., Until a generation ago, 'Britishness' lay at the heart of Australian political culture. How and why did this fundamental idea lose its meaning for Australians and their political institutions? The popular view is that the British ideal succumbed to a triumphant, long-thwarted Australian nationalism. The reality is much more complex. Having weighed the documentary evidence, Stuart Ward vigorously argues that it was not Australia but the 'Mother Country' that set the pace. The critical move was the Macmillan Government's decision in the early 1960s to seek membership of the European Economic Community. Thereafter, the ties of imperial sentiment and the dictates of national self-interest were essentially irreconcilable. Australia's attachment to being British was profoundly shaken, and the contours of Australian nationhood were irreversibly redrawn. Australia and the British Embrace is an engrossing account of the unravelling of Britishness in Australian political life. The consequences of that unravelling continue to dominate Australian politics--from multiculturalism to Aboriginal reconciliation, engagement with Asia and, above all, the prospect of a republic.
LC Classification NumberDU113.5.G7W37 2001
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