Environment, race, and nationhood in Australia revisiting the empty north / Russell McGregor.
Environment, race, and nationhood in Australia revisiting the empty north / Russell McGregor.
Environment, race, and nationhood in Australia revisiting the empty north / Russell McGregor.
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New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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H 2016/3380
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English
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Physical content
xix, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Anxieties Aroused -- Whiteness Versus the Tropics -- Acquiring a White Elephant -- A Dog in the Manger -- Coloring the Empty Spaces -- Redeeming the Desolation -- Downgrading the North -- Vulnerabilities Laid Bare -- Modest Projections, Massive Projects -- The Divisive North -- Whither the White Nor...
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Publisher
New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This new study offers a timely and compelling account of why past generations of Australians have seen the north of the country as an empty land, and how those perceptions of Australia’s tropical regions impact current policy and shape the self-image of the nation. It considers the origins of these concerns - from fears of invasion and moral qualms...
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Environment, race, and nationhood in Australia revisiting the empty north / Russell McGregor.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Online version McGregor, Russell, 1955- Environment, race, and nationhood in Australia. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan imprint published by Springer Nature, [2016] 9781349915095 (OCoLC)951809498
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©2016.
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H 2016/3380
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74VKV6pOkx6X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV6pOkx6X
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ISBN
9781349905737
1349905739
DDC
304.60994
MMS ID
991024019717302626
