States of imagination : nationalism and multiculturalism in Australian and southern Asian literature...
States of imagination : nationalism and multiculturalism in Australian and southern Asian literature / John McLaren.
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New Delhi : Prestige Books, in association with Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, c2001.
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809.93358/2
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English
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223 p.; 23 cm.
Contents
Prologue: writing new nations -- Nationalism today -- Westminster abroad: conflicts of politics and authority in new states -- Crossings: intersections of East and West in time and space -- From Raj to republics in India and Pakistan: imperial and national models -- Migration as a change of skies:...
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New Delhi : Prestige Books, in association with Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, c2001.
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
The nation states of Asia and the South Pacific that were formerly ruled by Britain or the United States have in common their colonial past and the civil institutions inherited from it, the widespread use of the English language, and the problem of building new nations amid cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity. This study examines...
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States of imagination : nationalism and multiculturalism in Australian and southern Asian literature / John McLaren.
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Nationalism and multiculturalism in Australian and southern Asia literature.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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c2001.
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809.93358/2
Record Identifier
74Vvj72BLedM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvj72BLedM
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ISBN
1875606912 (ASP)
9788175511200
8175511206
9781875606917 (ASP)
DDC
809.93358
823.09
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991015122909702626