Losing the blanket : Australia and the end of Britain's empire / David Goldsworthy.
Losing the blanket : Australia and the end of Britain's empire / David Goldsworthy.
Losing the blanket : Australia and the end of Britain's empire / David Goldsworthy.
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Publisher
Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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327.94041/7
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English
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Physical content
viii, 209 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Part I. Living with Britain's Empire: 1. Empire: the view from Canberra; 2. Australia and Britain as colonial powers; 3. British islands, Australian ambitions; 4. Australia discovers Africa -- Part II. Coping with the End of Empire: 5. Things faling apart: Menzies, Britain and the new Commonwealth;...
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Publisher
Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2002.
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"When Britain's sprawling empire wound down with unexpected speed in the 1960s, Australia lost a comforting 'security blanket'. We had to struggle to re-establish and protect ourselves in a volatile and threatening world. Australia's interests in empire had taken many forms--strategic, economic, cultural and psychological. Indeed Australia had used...
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Losing the blanket : Australia and the end of Britain's empire / David Goldsworthy.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 196-202.
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327.94041/7
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74Vv4ENAyBPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4ENAyBPX
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0522850286 (pbk.)
9780522850284 :
0522850286 :
9780522850284
0522850286
9780522850284 (pbk.) :
0522850286 (pbk.) :
9780522850284 (pbk.)
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327.94041
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991015512079702626
